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What 1% in fees could do to investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... that many investors are paying for outperformance and getting the opposite. Our research shows that on an average fund managers are underperforming by the amount of their fee." Hodge is referring to InvestSMART research released last month that found ...

Colonial First State to cut tobacco by 2020

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... process to stretch into next year. "CFS is confident that it will meet the 2020 deadline. We are mandating that our fund managers sell out of their tobacco stocks and bonds over 2019, and will be prohibiting them from investing in tobacco producers in ...

Analysts await next Magellan move

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... Magellan's target price to $30 from $29 on the back of continuing inflows and performance. "Across the listed fund managers in Australia, Magellan remains our preferred exposure given the expectation of continued FUM flows across both the retail ...

BTFG to boost managed account capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... direct ownership of underlying assets (52%). Advantages cited by advisers include efficient access to professional fund managers (56%) and less administration when compared to holding direct shares (52%).

BT Financial Group divests Ascalon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... Group, formerly known as Austock. While Ascalon has a strong record as a leading incubator and partner of boutique fund managers in Asia Pacific, BT Financial Group has decided it is no longer a core business and has decided to exit, Westpac said. GDG ...

Glut of underperformance in managed funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... important part of any performance equation. "It is pretty well known in the industry that over the longer term, most fund managers will underperform their benchmark by the cost of their fees. This is largely because a benchmark does not have any transaction ...

Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
Australia's investment management firms lag behind Japan when it comes to using machine learning in investment strategies, a new Bloomberg survey shows. The poll of 450 participants comprising traders, portfolio managers, analysts and market data practitioners ...

Boutique executes buyout, rebrands

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
... investors," Mead said in a statement. "It is an ownership model that is now best practice around the world for boutique fund managers, putting the equity into the hands of the management team and investing in the intellectual capital of the business. ...

Industry fund cuts property portfolio emissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... he said. Cbus has about $5 billion of property investments via its flagship Cbus Property subsidiary and property fund managers such as ISPT and AMP. The fund managers have been informed they have until 2020 to outline their strategy to reach net zero ...

Unlisted property returns surpass equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 SEP 2018
... the detangling of vertically integrated models which may create a more level playing field for non-bank aligned fund managers," he said. "Looking forward, interest rates will rise for one of two reasons - to slow down a growing economy, in which case ...