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Boutique launches new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... investors in excess of the RBA's official cash rate," the PDS reads. Matthew Lemke, who set up Prime Value's Cash Plus Fund in 2014, is the portfolio manager for the new fund. The fund allows investors to diversify their cash, equity and property ...

Chief economist update: Jerome is in the Hole

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... war - conspicuous in the FOMC "participants'" reasons by its absence and Trump's demand for a 100 basis rate cut (plus QE) are likely to be filled... so are expectations of US recession. Powell could use his Jackson Hole speech to put the onus ...

CFA exam results out, record participation

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
More than half of the candidates for the Level III CFA Program exam in June passed, CFA Institute announced. The 21,000-plus (56%) candidates - out of 38,377 - for the exam are now eligible to become CFA charter holders, pending verification of professional ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
... two Aussie equities strategies totaling $3 billion in capacity at his new boutique, after resigning from the Tribeca Alpha Plus fund earlier in the year. Sage Capital, led by former Tribeca portfolio manager Sean Fenton, is kicking off with a team of ...

Sovereign wealth fund plans Ancestry.com retreat

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
Investors including Singapore's $150 billion plus sovereign wealth fund are looking to pull out over $1.3 billion from popular DNA testing company Ancestry.com, according to a news report. Singapore's GIC and private equity firm Silver Lake Management ...

Chief economist update: Will Australia avoid another global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... meeting in September that should exceed investors' expectations"; the RBNZ's ready to take interest rates to -0.35% plus QE; the RBA to zero and perhaps, QE. As I've ranted many times before, the problem in today's world isn't the ...

MLC transforms advice business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... between MLC and advice business owners will be introduced, Lloyd said, which provides more optionality through a 'core' plus 'specialist' service model and better reflects the cost of sustainable licensing services. One advice support ...

State Street ETF in franking credit kerfuffle

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
... fund tests its franking credits against this 'benchmark'. The fund can distribute this 'benchmark' level of franking credits plus an extra 20% without any other restrictions applying." State Street said STW is the only SPDR ETF that uses the benchmark ...

Cull flat fees for small pensions: Report

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... return, a flat fee structure can completely wipe off its return. "We are concerned that permitting a combination of a flat fee plus a percentage of funds under management charge has the potential to completely erode small dormant investment pots," the ...

Sydney portfolio manager on best female fundies list

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... insurers and diversified financials. Prior to that she was an analyst / portfolio manager with AMP Capital for the AMP Value Plus Fund covering financials, food and retail. She worked as a consultant with Boston Consulting Group before starting in funds ...