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PPS launches life insurance mutual offering

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2016
... launched PPS Mutual in Australia, providing access to a retail life risk mutual offering. Under this model, select retail investors within particular professional fields (including medicine, accounting, law and engineering) can "share in the profits ...

New robo-advice business launches

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
BetaSmartz, a new robo-advice platform aimed at both institutional and retail investors, has launched today. The platform uses algorithms based on 60 years of academic research to create portfolios that equal the performance and sophistication of those ...

New hope for DomaCom Kidman bid

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2016
... the market "who believed it was little more than a publicity stunt." The end result has been that about 4000 retail investors pledging about $60 million over the past two months to keep Kidman Station in Australian hands. "We are hopeful that the announcement ...

Quay Global Investors releases retail real estate fund

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... logical step. "In discussions with advisers, we were aware that there was growing demand for our fund amongst retail investors, so we made the decision to launch a retail fund to meet that demand," Bedingfield said. "We believe real estate is well positioned ...

AMP Capital adds infra fund to SMSF suite

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... fund usually available to large institutional investors, the AMP Capital Core Infrastructure Fund now offers retail investors access to direct infrastructure assets. SMSF trustees can now own direct assets such as Melbourne Airport in Australia and Angel ...

SMSFs could own Kidman Station

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2015
... interest." DomaCom and Burgin are proposing to match the Chinese offer with funds provided by SMSFs and other retail investors. The minimum investment is $2,500 and investors would receive a proportional share of the income and capital value of the property ...

SMSFs ramp up trading in turbulent markets

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2015
... that the data "dispels the myth that SMSFs are conservative investors." When comparing SMSF trustees with other retail investors, CommSec analysis found that individual funds trade equities twice as much as other investors. "Many people often view SMSF ...

Bennelong blends active, passive in equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 NOV 2015
Bennelong Australian Equity Partners has launched a fund that gives retail investors exposure to Australian equities by blending active and passive management. The Bennelong Twenty20 Australian Equities Fund invests passively in the top 20 stocks of ...

ACBC adds further XTBs

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2015
... takes the stable of XTBs to 33 in total. The latest release expands the range of bank bond exposures available to retail investors, with the launch of XTBs over a senior bond from Bank of Queensland and National Australia Bank. This tranche also includes ...

ETFs hit $20bn in assets under management

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2015
... exchange traded products (ETPs), which include ETFs, show the growing popularity of the investment vehicle among retail investors. The majority of funds traded under ETPs are global equities (43.1%), followed by Australian equities (38.7%), Australian ...