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Market set to fall

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
The Australian market looks set to fall after a weak session on Wall Street due to disappointment with earnings reports from the likes of Apple and Microsoft. At 0700 AEST on Thursday, the September share price index futures contract was down two points ...

Passive strategies benefit active managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Investors' shift towards passive and smart beta strategies is a great trend for active managers, according to Standard Life Investments (SLI) head of global equities Mikhail Zverev. "It is very strange to see an active manager saying that we quite like ...

IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... accessibility and interactivity for our clients," Tanzer said. He added, "Apart from direct engagement, we have also moved into the smart phone arena by developing and launching ASIC's first dedicated smartphone app for small business." As reported in ...

Strong passive flows force managers to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... approaches, high-conviction and product innovation; scale beta, which includes market leaders in passive strategies and smart beta providers; global broad capability, managers with a broad array of investment strategies, global brand recognition and ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... the battle continues, a third option becomes increasingly popular. For lack of a better term, the industry has named it smart beta. Unlike most finance jargon, smart beta seems to be best defined by what it is not, rather than by what it actually is. ...

Super fund members switching at record rates: research

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015
... 16,000 super members, showed direct-to-client funds attracted about 12% of switchers. The report said BT Super for Life, ANZ Smart Choice and CBA Essential Super were the major beneficiaries where retail funds are marketed directly to banking clients. ...

Advisers waiting on the sidelines with smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
Smart beta strategies are gaining popularity among investors, but financial advisers are exercising caution and waiting for the market to develop further in Australia. Financial Keys principal, Mark Causer, told Financial Standard that he tends to recommend ...

Investors concerned smart beta lacks transparency

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
Investors fear that smart beta indices lack full transparency on methodology and risk analytics, global research found. "Respondents appear to have major concerns about the quality of these products," the EDHEC-Risk Institute 'Investor Interest in and ...

ANALYSIS: The rise of the periphery

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2015
... Old Continent is so difficult to decipher, and also why there are still so many hidden gems, waiting to be discovered by smart investors. Even defining Europe is hard. A continent the size of Australia, it includes 50 countries and is home to over 730 ...

Westpac to raise capital by divesting BTIM stake

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
... unchanged." BTIM chief executive Emilio Gonzalez labelled the sale as "positive on a number of fronts" and said it was "a smart move for Westpac to retain 30% of their stake." The move "will have no impact on our distribution arrangements with Westpac," ...