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Asset manager awards admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
An Australian alternative asset manager has awarded a fund administration mandate to US firm SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies marked Global Merces as its first Australian client since the acquisition of DST earlier this year. The Nasdaq-listed company ...

Fidante eyes actively managed ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUN 2018
The $57 billion multi-boutique asset manager will launch a series of actively managed exchange-traded funds, starting with an actively managed fixed income ETF that it says will be the first of its kind in the Australian market. The ActiveX series is ...

Chapmans passes on blockchain investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018
An ASX-listed diversified investment company has passed up the final opportunity to invest in a US-based blockchain securities trading platform where it had contractual rights to invest up to about $5.3 million (USD 4 million). In February, Chapmans ...

Magellan launches retail Australian equities fund

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUN 2018
Magellan's acquisition of Airlie Funds Management has led to the latter launching its Australian equities fund to retail investors for the first time. The Airlie Australian Share Fund holds a concentrated portfolio of 15-35 Australian listed companies. ...

Aussie retail crypto fund flags broker partnership

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 MAY 2018
A new cryptocurrency investment fund open to retail investors is entering a strategic partnership with one of Australia's largest crypto broker firms. The New Dawn Fund was launched in April and is led by managing director Rob Dey, who was previously ...

Robeco wins two mandates worth $500m

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 28 MAY 2018
... A-share trading volume and 50% of the total free-float market cap. "There's no other market like this, where retail investor participation is so high. And what does that mean? It means that there's a lot of alpha generation opportunities because ...

Contango LIC slashes cash allocation after acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2018
Contango Asset Management is reducing the cash allocation in its listed income fund, aiming to have 95% of its net tangible assets fully invested. For the past 12 to 18 months, the $100 million Contango Income Generator listed investment company (CIE) ...

XTB launches ESG fixed income portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
The $265 million fixed income securities manager has launched a fixed income portfolio of ESG securities, with an absolute return objective of 1% above the cash rate. The XTB emerald fixed income portfolio is a managed portfolio of individual bond units ...

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
Australian retail investors are more likely to trust human financial planners over robo-advisers - and by an overwhelming majority, according to the CFA Institute's 2018 survey of investor trust. More than 80% of the Aussie retail investors surveyed ...

Investor education key to healthy ETF market: SPDR

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Retail investors losing money on recent short volatility strategies indicates ETF providers have a bigger role to play in education, according to global SPDR chair Jim Ross. Speaking at a media roundtable in Sydney, Ross said it was paramount that investors ...