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Active managers overcharge: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... VanEck director - investments Russell Chesler said. The study modelled how much investors should be paying active fund managers for Aussie equities if 48 to 94% of their performance was from value, growth or multi-factor indices. It says the range should ...

US relaxes active ETF disclosures

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... it is dominated by Magellan which has more than half of the 7% slice. Meyer says the new rules could nudge active fund managers towards exchange-traded vehicles. "The move could potentially spur many more fund managers to offer more active ETFs while ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... not a good idea. "But until recently investors had no real good alternatives. Then ETFs came along." When active fund managers say there are opportunities to make money with ETFs and "dumb" passive money is invested in a way that pays no regard to relative ...

Challenger increases annuity distribution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 AUG 2018
... two-thirds of Australia's financial advisers within weeks. "In addition, we are one of Australia's fastest growing active fund managers with our Fidante Partners business establishing new boutique managers during the year and our Challenger Investment ...

Fidelity to launch active ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Kong, Singapore and the Irish Central Bank are interested in the space. You shouldn't only be able to access active fund managers through platforms or your financial adviser. It should be way easier for people - just like buying a stock."

Record high returns elusive in 2018: Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2018
... would be unhealthy for the share markets, but he told investors: "Don't get depressed." The good news for active fund managers in this current environment is they will get an opportunity to shine over the passive managers, Baur said.

Aussie large cap funds underperforming: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2017
The large cap Australian equity market is generating the toughest returns for active fund managers in years, the latest Zenith Investment Partners research shows. In the 12 months to March the sector generated 18.1% in returns, with an average rated ...

Active management tax effects erode investor returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
Any pre-tax alpha gained by active fund managers can be absorbed by detrimental tax effects according to new research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR). Continuing its research in active management, CIFR has examined the ...

Active managers need new measurement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
The way active fund managers' returns are measured may not accurately reflect their value, negating up to 85 basis points in overall performance. New research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) finds the way performance ...

Vanguard tells investors to watch what they pay

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2016
As active fund managers warn about exposure to index trackers amid a January market route, Vanguard group chairman and chief executive Bill McNabb has hit back. Super funds, asset managers, economists and academics alike have said investors must expect ...