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Magellan launches third ASX-quoted active fund

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2016
Magellan Financial Group is launching an ASX-quoted version of its top-performing listed infrastructure fund. The Magellan Infrastructure Fund (Currency Hedged) is expected to commence trading on the ASX with the code MICH on 22 July 2016. The new exchange-quoted ...

IFM appoints associate debt director

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
IFM Investors has appointed an associate director of North American debt investments. Joseph Braun joins IFM from Hastings Funds Management, where he was an associate director specialising in infrastructure debt transactions. Prior to that, he was vice ...

BlackRock, Aviva receive ratings nod

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2016
The BlackRock Concentrated Industrial Share Fund has been awarded a 'Recommended' rating from Zenith, while the Aviva Investors Multi-Strategy Target Return Fund has received a 'Recommended' rating from Lonsec. The BlackRock Concentrated Industrial ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
Australia business confidence Taken "right amidst the heightened uncertainty around the Brexit referendum, and ahead of the Australian Federal election," the National Australia Bank's (NAB) business survey showed business confidence rose to a higher ...

QIC assesses the tech spectrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2016
Infrastructure fund manager QIC is reinforcing the importance of active management as technology continues to reshape assets' business and operating models. In its latest research paper QIC said the combination of four technology themes - the Industrial ...

ME makes peak appointment

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2016
ME, the bank owned by 30 industry super funds, has appointed a former lawyer and accomplished mountaineer to its board. Cheryl Bart's board appointment was effective from 1 July. ME described the former lawyer, who started her career in the banking ...

Morningstar introduces global risk model

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2016
Morningstar has launched its first global risk model for investors. The risk model is targeted at equity portfolios at the outset, but Morningstar plans to expand to other asset classes in the future. It currently evaluates over 40,000 stocks and 10,000 ...

Flinders fund added to Macquarie Wrap

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2016
Flinders Investment Partners has had its Australian emerging companies fund approved for inclusion on the Investment and Super Manager/Consolidator menus on Macquarie Wrap. Founded almost a year ago by Andrew Mouchacca and Richard Macdougall, Flinders ...

Investment bonds back in favour: IOOF

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 4 JUL 2016
What's old is new again when it comes to tax effective investing, according to IOOF investment specialist Sue Herrald who claims investment bonds are back in favour as pending legislation and tax rates play on investors' minds. While the uncertainty ...

Improvements in ESG leadership: ACSI

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2016
Seventy-one cents in every dollar invested in the ASX200 belongs to companies demonstrating "leading" standards when it comes to environmental, social and governance reporting. This is one of several key findings by the Australian Council of Superannuation ...