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UK IFAs increasingly outsourcing to DFMs

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2016
... invest in third party funds. Interestingly every DFM that responded to Cerulli's 2016 survey reported an investment in passive strategies. Exchange traded funds were the most popular, with 80% of DFMs reporting some allocation, 55% said they invest in ...

Vast majority of advisers turning to smart beta: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 9 AUG 2016
... management industry. "At the forefront of this growth are smart beta ETFs which offer the best aspects of both active and passive management by tracking indices that are designed to deliver a specific investment outcome within defined rules, while retaining ...

Vanguard appoints ex-Macquarie division director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... Colin Kelton, it was noted that in recent years there has been a major structural shift in the institutional world towards passive investments as all participants in the industry increase their focus on cost, and active managers have struggled to outperform ...

AMP Capital hits back at second LIM wind-up letter

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
... share market. AMP simply rode the market up and then down, following and slightly underperforming the index. "AGF is not a passive index tracking fund; it is supposed to be actively managed. If AGF is only passively tracking the index, then AMP should ...

Aussie investors list operational alpha among top priorities

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
... and alpha was no longer captured through a domestic bond portfolio but through specialised, niche investments including passive ETFs, active specialty stock selection, multi-asset strategies, and alternatives. "The new asset classes I see are the way ...

Zenith awards Bennelong fund highest rating

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2016
... FirstWrap and Federation. Managed by Bennelong Australia Equity Partners the fund offers investors a mix of active and passive management within the one fund structure and aims to provide a cost effective means of accessing the wider market. In its report ...

Time to review MySuper effectiveness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2016
... conference in Sydney next month, alongside concerns over MySuper investment options, "which have been driven towards a passive investment style to reduce costs and be more appealing in comparison to the cost of other funds." WSSA said it will also analyse ...

NZ Super seeks factor investing strategies

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... returns over the long-term." The NZ Super Fund said factor investing would potentially help get the most value out of its passive portfolio, which accounts for about 75% of the NZ$30.3 billion ($28.9 billion) fund. It is most interested in low risk and ...

Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
... systematic investing to access those factors in markets." "It occupies that middle ground between true market cap based passive and true alpha generating active. The industry in some cases has managed to sell systematic factors as active or alpha in ...

AVCAL calls to relax foreign investment rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2016
... part of wider national policy that relaxes existing foreign investment rules, something which AVCAL said is restricting passive investment into non-sensitive parts of the Australian economy. AVCAL is also calling for the federal government to remove ...