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ETF managers now among Australia's fastest growing

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... BetaShares, in percentage growth terms, are now are among Australia's fastest growing. Reinforcing this, Rainmaker said Vanguard in FUM terms was the nation's fastest growing manager during 2015-16 while also achieving 45% growth in their ETF assets ...

Vanguard reduces MERs on five funds

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
Vanguard has lowered the management expense ratios on five of its Australian funds. The fee reductions apply to the Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield Fund (from 0.4% p.a. to 0.38%), Vanguard Australian Property Securities Index Fund (0.24% to 0.23%) ...

Worst 'fat cat' funds have high fee diet

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... funds judged to be fit cats; SG Hiscock & Company (70%); and REST Industry Super (43%). Other notable performers were Vanguard Investors, Lazard Asset Management and Legg Mason Global Asset Management. "It's disappointing there are still so many Fat ...

Vanguard changes emerging markets ETF index

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Vanguard Australia has completed its planned change in the underlying index of its Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Shares ETF (VGE) in order to provide investors with exposure to China-A shares and a bigger weighting to smaller companies. Effective as ...

Low rates signify opportunity for reinvesting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Australia should start thinking about historically low rates as an opportunity for reinvestment, according to Vanguard principal and head of investments, Vanguard Asia Pacific Rodney Comegys. Addressing the Vanguard ETFs in Practice forum in Sydney ...

Vanguard makes senior hire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2016
Vanguard Australia has appointed a new head of legal and compliance. Ashley Warmbrand, formerly head of risk and audit governance at NAB, will commence with the fund manager in October. With over 15 years' experience in financial and professional services ...

Austock expands investment menu

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 AUG 2016
Austock Life has expanded its Vanguard Tax-Paid range, adding three new indexed options to its imputation bond menu. The addition of the Vanguard Diversified Conservative Index, Vanguard Diversified Growth Index and Vanguard International Shares (Unhedged) ...

BlackRock publishes staff gender split

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... asked the 15 largest asset managers in the US and Europe to share their diversity statistics. Six companies declined: Vanguard, the world's second-largest asset manager, Fidelity Investments, T. Rowe Price, Legg Mason, Invesco and Affiliated Managers ...

SMSF trustees increasing use of planners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2016
... upwards in their use of financial planners for the first time since 2007 according to new research jointly released by Vanguard and Investment Trends. The firms' annual self-managed superannuation fund report, which collated responses from more than ...

OneVue makes senior fund services hire from Vanguard

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2016
... OneVue has appointed a new head of fund services operations. Chris Aylen will join OneVue at its Melbourne office from Vanguard, where he was head of fund accounting and administration. He has held other roles at Vanguard, including senior manager - ...