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Royce Investment Partners launches small-cap fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
Royce Investment Partners, a Franklin Templeton subsidiary, is launching in the domestic retail investment market with a global small-cap fund. The Royce Global Small-Cap Premier Fund is an actively managed, unlisted Australian unit trust that will ...

VanEck launches active ETF with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
VanEck Australia has launched its first externally managed active ETF in partnership with a Sydney credit boutique. The VanEck Bentham Global Capital Securities Active ETF (Managed Fund) (ASX: GCAP) invests in Tier 1 (AT1) securities, contingent convertibles ...

ATO cracks down on crypto

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The Australian Taxation Office is cracking down on cryptocurrency investors to report capital gains and losses in their tax returns after fears investors may think they are tax-free. The ATO estimates that 600,000 taxpayers have invested in crypto assets ...

Pendal gets $900m net inflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... includes net inflows of $900 million, market returns of $2.5 billion and $900 million from the depreciating Australian dollar. "There has been a discernible turnaround in flows during the quarter with most channels receiving positive net flows," said ...

Super fund liquidity could be better: RBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 APR 2021
... hedging strategies proved robust throughout the year, the RBA said. During the first half of March 2020, the Australian dollar depreciated by 15%, meaning super funds were forced to pay more than $17 billion of margin to counterparties as they used currency ...

Chief economist update: Getting better, but not better enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
... globally have been associated with volatility in some other asset prices, including foreign exchange rates. The Australian dollar remains in the upper end of the range of recent years."...and like them, is pushing back, saying: "The bank remains committed ...

Magellan performance fees dip 70%

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... Magellan reported a small increase in its net profits, despite a 70% drop in performance fees and a stronger Australian dollar. Net profit after tax for the six months ending December 2020 was $202 million, up 3% from the same period in 2019. Total average ...

ETF liquidity disappears: Morningstar

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2021
... these securities. "By our calculations, the average increase in spread and spread to $100K for fixed income - Australian dollar ETFs was 571% and 728%, respectively, and the increase in those same metrics for fixed income - global ETFs was 479% and 569%," ...

Chief economist update: RBA extends QE

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... appreciated and is in the upper end of the range of recent years - this was since early 2018. Akin to China, the Australian dollar has become the "victim" of Australia's success in controlling the COVID-19 outbreak and its variant and in strengthening ...

Magellan adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... High Conviction Trust to reduce the downside risk to the portfolio when equity markets and the value of the Australian dollar are both declining. Magellan is restructuring its retail global equities funds to create a $15 billion fund that will combine ...