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ETF businesses bullish on growth prospects

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... predicting net inflows of more than 20%. Continuing gains in market share from both traditional active asset managers and passive mutual funds, increasing ETF allocations from institutional investors, and innovative product development were found to ...

IFM Investors launches new equities team

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... market neutral. IFM Investors said these capabilities will complement the firm's existing strategies, including enhanced passive Australian and global equities, and Australian small cap active equities. IFM Investors chief executive Brett Himbury said ...

The Fed's done it

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2015
... tighten or loosen without any action by the Fed, if economic conditions change (some blame the 2008-09 recession on such a passive tightening). That is one reason why the trajectory the Fed has just embarked on is so uncertain. If the Fed's doves are ...

PM Capital fund receives Zenith rating

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... market for those investors looking for a selective approach to investing in Asia, as an alternative or complement to a passive or index approach," PM Capital chief executive Ben Skilbeck said. He explained that portfolio manager Kevin Bertoli and his ...

Pessimistic investment horizon for super

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... average member is meant to work out that a super product that is new and cheap, with no track record, is actually full of passive management with no diversification. "I think trickiness leads to lack of trust. I think it's something as an industry we ...

Governance becoming key investor concern

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2015
... corporate actions (76%). "Attitudes to governance are changing. Until recently the focus was mainly on voting, and often passive. Investors are now prepared to go further and build relationships with boards," Aberdeen head of Australia Brett Jollie said. ...

Bennelong blends active, passive in equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
... Equity Partners has launched a fund that gives retail investors exposure to Australian equities by blending active and passive management. The Bennelong Twenty20 Australian Equities Fund invests passively in the top 20 stocks of the ASX using the same ...

Vanguard wins adviser vote

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... clients," said Investment Trends head of research for wealth management Recep Peker. "Notably, financial planners' usage of passive managed funds - which provide low cost access to diversification - for new client money is at record levels." As a result ...

Multi-asset funds rated high but risk disappointment

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
... even narrower. "Given the clustered nature of these risk/return profiles, these findings suggest that a low-cost largely passive strategy (such as Vanguard's) can be an effective approach," Morningstar said. "Alternatively, investors and advisers could ...

BetaShares launches managed Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2015
BetaShares has launched a managed risk Australian equities exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Managed Risk Australian Share Fund (ASX: "AUST") invests a passively-managed selection of Australian shares (broadly similar to the ASX 200) while employing an ...