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Henderson targets Queensland with appointment

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 31 JAN 2017
Independent asset manager Henderson Global Investors is expanding its distribution team in Australia with the appointment of a sales director to its newly opened Brisbane office. The appointment is a nod to Queensland as one of the company's largest ...

Wholesale funds see strong inflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
Australian wholesale funds grew $36.2 billion over the September quarter, while retail managed funds market grew $24.9 billion. According to the latest statistics from Strategic Insights, more than 90% of the growth in wholesale funds occurred over ...

Powerwrap CEO leaves for consultant role

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2016
Powerwrap's chief executive has left the company, but will remain involved as a strategic consultant. Cormac Heffernan took the reins at Powerwrap in 2012, having previously been a consultant. Prior to that, he was head of portfolio services at NAB ...

BlackRock to combine insto and retail distribution teams

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2016
BlackRock Australia has merged its institutional and retail distribution teams and made senior hires from Vanguard, FIIG Securities, Rothschild and BT Financial Group. Following the merger of the two teams, Jason Collins has taken on an expanded role ...

Aussie start-up wins $500m impact investing mandate

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2016
A former senior financial services executive who less than 12 months ago went out on a limb to set up his own business has signed a $500 million investment mandate - with another $500 million in the works. Less than a year since its launch, Sydney-based ...

Smart beta performs in Aussie equities

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2016
The top three performing exchange-traded products dedicated to Australian equities over the past year were smart beta strategies, a new Rainmaker report shows. Rainmaker's ETP Report for the September quarter shows a wide range of outcomes in the past ...

Impact investing driving advice growth

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2016
Demand for impact investing is expected to rapidly increase as a growing number of retail and institutional investors search for investments that provide both monetary and social returns. In the last five years there have been 96 reported impact investments ...

BlackRock launches smart beta ETF suite

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
BlackRock has launched four new exchange-traded funds in Australia, targeting minimum volatility and multifactor strategies. The iShares Edge Smart Beta products comprise the iShares Edge MSCI Australia Minimum Volatility ETF, the iShares Edge MSCI ...

BlackRock slashes iShares ETF fees

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
BlackRock has reduced management fees across its US iShares Core exchange-traded fund suite, which includes three products listed on the ASX. The three ASX-listed ETFs are the iShares S&P 500 ETF, the iShares S&P Mid-Cap ETF and the iShares S&P Small-Cap ...

PM Capital hires two from BTIM

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
Equities and fixed interest manager PM Capital has appointed a new head of distribution and head of marketing from BT Investment Management. Head of distribution Lachlan Cameron is responsible for the distribution of PM Capital's investment funds to ...