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Magellan eyes 'exponential growth' from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
Magellan's positions in Tesco and Lloyds Banking Group have hurt the group's flagship Global fund as the pound has plunged in the wake of the Brexit vote, but chief executive and chief investment officer Hamish Douglass has his sights on more exciting ...

ATO on phoenix watch

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
The Australian Taxation Office is continuing its crackdown on illegal phoenix activity, including unpaid superannuation, following the recent execution of six search warrants on the Gold Coast. The ATO said the six warrants were executed through the ...

PROFILE: Standard Life Investments head of Australasian business Simone Bouch

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 1 AUG 2016
As the country head of global fund manager, Standard Life Investments' Simone Bouch knows a thing or two about the importance of investment performance. But if she'd followed through on her childhood ambition the focus would be performance of a somewhat ...

Rate cut would do little to help economy: WAM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
With inflation at a 17 year low markets are pricing in a rate cut at next week's RBA meeting, although, according to head of investment management Australia at Western Asset Management, Anthony Kirkham, a rate cut might not be the right answer. With ...

Millennials' short-term thinking unrealistic

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
Millennials' expectations for income and long-term investment returns are inflated, possibly unrealistic, and set for disappointment, according to the latest study from Schroders. Releasing the results of its 2016 Global Investor Study, Schroders said ...

Economic Wrap

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
AOFM to buy back short-dated bonds The commonwealth government is restructuring part its bond portfolio debt by offering to buy-back short-dated Treasury Bonds and swap them into other durations. The Australian Office of Financial Management said this ...

Retirement system needs work: Actuaries

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2016
Australia's retirement system is not sustainable for people living longer than the average life expectancy if drawdown trends continue, according to the Actuaries Institute. The Institute says the number of super members to completely exhaust their ...

Advisers need to leverage enormous ETF winds

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUL 2016
Exchange traded fund providers and financial advisers need to leverage the "enormous winds" created by ETFs in building better client investment portfolios, according to a leading industry executive. Speaking at the Financial Standard Exchange Traded ...

SMSFs will shape the future of ETFs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
The rise of exchange-traded funds is one of the most remarkable growth stories in Australian financial services, and self-managed superannuation funds are going to lead its future. State Street Global Advisors head of portfolio strategists Asia-Pacific ...

TH Real Estate completes first close of European Cities Fund

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 26 JUL 2016
TH Real Estate has completed a first close of €500 million for its European Cities Fund. The equity commitments will allow the new European diversified core open ended fund to target a portfolio of approximately €700M from this initial capital. ...