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PROFILE: SuperBPO chief executive Michael Houlihan

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
... SuperBPO), Houlihan spent 10 years as head of product and technical services for both JBWere Investment Management and Vanguard Investments Australia. In between there were a couple of roles as head of product and technical services for both Vanguard ...

ETF inflows defy choppy markets

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2015
... In Australian equities the largest ETF, the SPDR 200 Fund, had the largest net inflows of $76 million, followed by the Vanguard Australian Shares High Yield ETF with $23 million. While the totals are not as great, the BetaShares Australian Equities Strong ...

ETF flows up despite market underperformance

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2015
... was among the strongest and saw net flows of $23.6 million, with investors betting the market will rebound. Overall, Vanguard had the largest net inflows during August, while the second largest provider, State Street, was in net outflow. BlackRock (iShares) ...

Vanguard to launch international fixed income ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2015
Vanguard will launch four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs), two of which target international fixed income and credit indices. The Vanguard International Fixed Interest Index ETF and Vanguard International Credit Securities Index ETF, both hedged to ...

New SMSFs slowing as boomers retire

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2015
... are invested in cash because trustees never got around to appropriately investing, so the returns haven't been great." Vanguard head of market strategy and communications Robin Bowerman agreed, observing that super fund members are never more conscious ...

China trade deal must not be delayed: FSC

ANDREW BRAGG, DIRECTOR OF POLICY, FINANCIAL SERVICES COUNCIL  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
... world. Under this agreement we have been granted an RQFII quota of $50 billion renminbi ($11 billion). Already Melbourne's Vanguard announced plans to utilise this quota. Without these schemes and quotas we cannot serve this strongly growing middle class. ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... inflows into international equities exchange traded funds (ETFs) have outpaced their domestic counterparts. Inflows for Vanguard's international equity ETFs were at $353 million for the first half of 2015, while inflows for Vanguard's domestic ETFs were ...

SMSFs keeping cash for better markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... the introduction of Simpler Super reforms in 2008. The figures form part of annual SMSF research released jointly by Vanguard and Investment Trends yesterday. This year's report is based on a survey of about 4000 SMSF trustees and 501 financial advisers. ...

China impossible to ignore for asset managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
Vanguard Asia-Pacific head of investment strategy group, Jeffrey Johnson, said China is a market that is impossible for investors to ignore despite its economy continuing to slow. Speaking at an Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
This year, Vanguard overtook PIMCO as the world's largest mutual bond fund. But the wars between active and passive investment are not over. In a world where lower for longer is the new normal, active managers argue they are the only ones who can bring ...