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Fund managers driven to alternatives: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2020
Fund managers are being pushed into allocating more of their portfolios towards alternatives, as traditional investments continue to provide low returns, according to a new Morningstar report. The Multi Sector Wrap report examines 78 multisector funds ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 could hit Australia with triple whammy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
The same way as a computer virus freezes the computer's operating system, the coronavirus - renamed COVID-19 - has forced China into lockdown and slowed, if not completely frozen, economic activity in the country. But even without the government-mandated ...

Magellan cracks $100 billion

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
The global equities powerhouse cracked $100 billion at January end but no one at their offices is popping the champagne. Magellan reported its total funds under management as $104 billion at the end of January. Just one year ago, this number was about ...

Stamping fees consultation kicks off

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
Treasury has announced a four-week consultation into "stamping fees" paid by fund managers to advisers and brokers for exchange-listed funds, as public scrutiny into the practice mounts. The Future of financial Advice (FoFA) reforms in 2013 put an end ...

Meet the Sydney boutique beating Magellan's returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
A Sydney boutique started by a former Evans and Partners investor outperformed all its peers last year and it's not afraid of disclosing its stock picks. Aoris Investment Management was set up in 2017 by Stephen Arnold and runs just one fund, which ...

Aussie IPOs outperform benchmark

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
Despite a handful of infamous failed Aussie floats in 2019, the IPO market outperformed the benchmark ASX 200 Index by 16.8%. New research from equity raising platform OnMarket revealed that IPOs returned an average 35.2%, marking the fourth time in ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
The shortlist for the Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards 2020 has been unveiled, recognising outstanding investment talent across major asset classes. Now in their third year, the annual Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards are ...

Super fund names new chief investment officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
The chief investment officer from Media Super has jumped ship to take on the same role at another industry fund. Legalsuper announced Norman Zhang will commence as the fund's new chief investment officer at the beginning of March this year. Just yesterday ...

Superannuation scammer to face court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
The South Australian Police has arrested an SMSF investment manager who will today face the court with charges for 69 counts of deceptions. The 33-year-old man from Hills was arrested by police on Wednesday following a cybercrime investigation. It is ...

Chief economist update: The rise and fall of oil

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2020
Crude oil prices rose in the early months of the New Year on the escalation of tensions between the US and Iran after an American drone strike in Iraq on January 3 that killed Qassem Soleimani -- the head of Iran's elite Quds military force. The ...