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FS Roundtable: Striking the perfect balance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... are attractive given the nature of the franking credit system, Schween says, noting that a small portion is allocated to gold as a hedge. Alternative solutions In pivoting away from fixed interest and toward alternatives, the question becomes if this ...

Global ETF industry hits record high

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2019
... preference was commodities, whose share of inflows rose from 0.3% to around 10%. "Most of the demand in commodities was for gold and silver, with investors seeing out safe havens due to increased geopolitical risk," BetaShares said. Vynokur said investors ...

Boutique launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
A boutique founded by former Goldman Sachs equities investors is launching a new global equities fund. Auscap Asset Management was co-founded in 2012 by Tim Carleton and Matthew Parker who were both executive directors at Goldman Sachs, responsible ...

Antares hires from Gandel family office

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
MLC Asset Management's Antares Equities business has hired a senior analyst from billionaire John Gandel's family office, as it launches a new fund. Winston Chong is joining Antares Equities' investment team of nine people which manages $5.1 billion ...

FASEA exam dates revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2019
... April 2-7. The February sitting will be held in Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne, Brisbane, Townsville, Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Gold Coast, Wollongong, Cairns, Ballarat, Launceston, Port Macquarie, Traralgon, Tamworth, Townsville and Newcastle. The April ...

Macquarie unveils green ambitions in New York

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Macquarie Group is planning to develop a 20 gigawatt (GW) suite of renewable energy products through its Green Investment Group over the next five years. Revealed by chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake before fellow global business leaders at the ...

State Street bolsters transition team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
State Street has added to its transition team with a hire from Ord Minnett who also has experience in transition at Goldman Sachs. Abhilash Menon joined State Street this week as multi asset class transition manager (vice president). He will be responsible ...

Banks face imminent disruption

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
The banks are facing big problems, according to Catherine Wood, chief executive of ARK Invest. Wood was asked at a Nikko Asset Management event how she considered banks to be positioned for the future. "Banks anywhere in the world have a big problem ...

Major super funds caught in fraud scandal

ELIZA BAVIN, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
Several of Australia's largest superannuation funds were targeted by an online fraud syndicate which siphoned millions from share-trading and super accounts. A Melbourne woman appeared in court yesterday after allegedly taking part in an online ...

VanEck restructures three ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2019
... domicile of three ETFs to cut out US tax forms for investors and to introduce dividend reinvestment plans. VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX), VanEck Vectors Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) and VanEck Vectors China AMC CSI 300 ETF (CETF) currently ...