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Future Fund boosts alternatives assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
The Future Fund has increased its stake in alternative assets and appointed two new fund managers in a bid to combat the tailwinds coming from the global equities market. Australia's sovereign wealth fund increased its allocation in private equity ...

Former UBS multi-asset expert joins boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... 18-24 months," Bryan said. Wilsons provides investment and strategic advice to private investors, corporates and fund managers.

Macquarie, CFS top Aussie fund manager list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
Macquarie Group slipped down the ranks of the world's top fund managers, while Colonial First State gained momentum, a Willis Towers Watson compilation shows. Despite increasing its assets under management to US$369 billion, Macquarie Group slid from ...

Tobacco-free portfolios divide investors: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2018
... Colonial First State also moved to offload all tobacco-related investments by 2020, while AMP Capital is one of the fund managers that helped develop the pledge. Among the other signatories are: Australian Ethical Investment, AustralianSuper, CareSuper ...

Two new ETFs on the block

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... and will charge a fee of 0.95% p.a. VanEck managing director Arian Neiron said the company is one the few local fund managers with the ability to invest in China A-shares directly, through the RQFII (Renminbi Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor) ...

Investors unfazed by market volatility: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... between capital growth and income return," he said. This week we ask what you think about the moves made by numerous fund managers and pension funds to divest tobacco-related assets.

What 1% in fees could do to investments

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 OCT 2018
... that many investors are paying for outperformance and getting the opposite. Our research shows that on an average fund managers are underperforming by the amount of their fee." Hodge is referring to InvestSMART research released last month that found ...

Colonial First State to cut tobacco by 2020

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 OCT 2018
... process to stretch into next year. "CFS is confident that it will meet the 2020 deadline. We are mandating that our fund managers sell out of their tobacco stocks and bonds over 2019, and will be prohibiting them from investing in tobacco producers in ...

Analysts await next Magellan move

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
... Magellan's target price to $30 from $29 on the back of continuing inflows and performance. "Across the listed fund managers in Australia, Magellan remains our preferred exposure given the expectation of continued FUM flows across both the retail ...

BTFG to boost managed account capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... direct ownership of underlying assets (52%). Advantages cited by advisers include efficient access to professional fund managers (56%) and less administration when compared to holding direct shares (52%).