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Vanguard partners to launch core-satellite portfolios for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... streamlined client implementation. "The broad range of portfolio options empowers advisers to confidently deliver active-passive solutions aligned to client preferences and risk profiles, while benefitting from the practice efficiencies of a separately ...

JPMAM launches ETF models with Vanguard

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... include conservative, balanced, growth, and high growth options. The models are a low-cost solution blending active and passive management and will be accessible to wealth managers and financial advisers through third-party investment platforms. The ...

ETF adoption 'intensifies': VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... adopting smart beta strategies. Additionally, the report found just over half of advisers (50.13%) had replaced market cap/passive exposures in client portfolios with smart beta, marking a 10.77% increase since 2022. Even more advisers (61.27%) had done ...

Hostplus slams Lendlease over $2bn fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... stakeholders a voice in how their capital will be managed. Fiduciary responsibility demands active engagement and not passive avoidance." Hostplus said it has a fiduciary duty to hold managers to account on behalf of its 1.9 million members. "That means ...

BT launches new low-cost investment menu

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025
... Vanguard's global diversified portfolio. Focus boasts a selection of managed portfolios and funds, including four Vanguard passive diversified portfolios with an investment management fee of 0.325% per annum, as well as seven active single sector managed ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... security as the main driver. Answers indicated that paying off mortgage (30%), working by choice (21%) and relying on passive income (16%) are the three main factors contributing to an underpinning desire for financial stability. Similarly, the Fidelity ...

Former staffer sues ASX, Lofthouse over bullying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... Federal Court, seen and reported by the Australian Financial Review, Halstead is accusing Lofthouse of being "frequently passive-aggressive and belittling in her demeanour". Financial Standard reached out to legal representatives for both Halstead and ...

NZ Super delivers 11.84%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... our value-added was 0.98%. In other words, we added $745 million to the earnings we would have achieved by following a passive, index-tracking strategy." Townsend said that while short-term results were positive, the fund is also focused on delivering ...

ASIC flags firm grip on private and public markets, super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... changes in these three areas in its 2025-26 Corporate Plan, flagging that they are forces it cannot ignore. "ASIC is not a passive observer. We will not take a 'wait-and-see' approach. We have a window of opportunity now to influence the design of public ...

VanEck goes for growth with new ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... in the last year)," Neiron said. "GWTH will allow investors to add a dedicated growth exposure to their portfolio, for passive fees. Importantly, the growth factor is a diversifier away from the over-held companies, with NVIDIA being the only 'Magnificent ...