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ASIC narrows in on private market investments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... all laws and standards of market conduct and integrity, that their investments - whether held directly or through fund managers - are valued appropriately, and that risk is clearly disclosed and communicated to members," Constant said. "I want to congratulate ...

Low-cost funds outperform in most asset classes: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... small-cap equities have equally returned 28%. The outlier is attributed to consistent missteps in stock selection by active managers, as measured using the information ratio, the report stated. "In contrast, the most expensive quintile was hampered by ...

Active managers outperform in limited asset classes, fall short in survivorship

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
Active fund managers tend to outperform their passive counterparts in certain categories like Australian equity income and bonds, but the latter has better survivorship rates, according to Morningstar's latest Active/Passive Barometer report. The analysis ...

Mason Stevens bolsters distribution team

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... said. In addition to Tunny's appointment, Mason Stevens also appointed Raymond Tang and Sakaja Kiendi as relationship managers. Tang was an associate manager, client outcomes at Macquarie Group, while Kiendj was posted at Insignia Financial for over ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... DWS has launched a sustainable infrastructure focussed Wholesale Australian Unit Trust for Australian private wealth managers in a partnership with S64, the alternatives fintech. The offering empowers financial intermediaries to distribute private markets ...

Admin and compliance taking up 56% of advice practice costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... putting advanced technology and seamless connectivity at the forefront. "Ultimately, we need to ease the burden on wealth managers and financial advisers by providing them with integrated, scalable tools that improve efficiency and reduce the cost of ...

Morningstar names director, manager research

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... Australasia has appointed a TCorp investment leader to spearhead its qualitative research on Australian and New Zealand fund managers. Eva Cook has joined the firm as director, manager research. Originally from France, Cook has over 25 years of experience ...

Fair Work ruling, ASIC put offshoring arrangements on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
... outsourcing arrangements in financial services. In its 2024-25 Corporate Plan, ASIC wrote that it will "review how investment managers and financial advisers manage the risks of using offshore service providers." "In particular, we will look at how they ...

CFS expands managed accounts offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... across the Edge and FirstChoice platforms. CFS also expanded the Accelerate Series menu with the addition of new portfolio managers AZ Sestante, InvestSense, and Mercer. It also has 21 new managed accounts. The Accelerate Series is a full-service managed ...

Platinum seeks insto managers, new asset classes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
Platinum Asset Management is seeking out institutional fund managers looking to break into the retail market as it also attempts to enter new asset classes and differentiate itself from a multi-boutique model. Platinum chief executive and managing director ...