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Global fund manager creates executive role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2018
... institutional and retail businesses in Australia, Shepherd said. At a recent Financial Standard roundtable discussing how fund managers, financial advisers, researchers and analysts build investment portfolios for market crises, CFM president Philippe ...

APRA urges super funds to examine board skills

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... said. APRA's recommendations come as peak bodies AIST and FSC join forces this week in providing tools to assist fund managers in preparing operational due diligence reports for the superannuation industry.

Peak bodies join forces over due diligence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
... Superannuation Trustees and the Financial Services Council have joined forces, releasing guidance tools designed to help fund managers prepare operational due diligence reports for the superannuation industry. The FSC has developed a questionnaire which ...

Better than bonds: A new approach to lifecycle investment

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAY 2018
... better-fit asset-allocation strategy over a long-term investment horizon," the researchers write. The proposition? As fund managers look to increase defensive exposure as the member ages, they should pick defensive equities instead of bonds. Defensive ...

SMA provider to award $20m mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... its Australian equities SMAs. It will restructure the SMAs as core plus investment portfolios and move from four fund managers to two. Although the concept of core plus is well documented, Agentia and InvestSense see SMAs having one fund manager to oversee ...

S&P reaffirms Sirtex after new offer from Chinese manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
ASX-listed healthcare firm Sirtex, whose investors include some of Australia's leading fund managers, will remain in the S&P/ASX 200 after its US takeover has been postponed in light of a new offer. Sirtex entered into a trading halt and then announced ...

The tools to capture quality

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... that out best idea will go into the portfolio. So rather than having a portfolio of 50 or 60 companies - which some fund managers have - we think that to give investors the best chance of outperforming is to have your best ideas in a concentrated way. ...

InvestSMART to launch active ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... deputy head of research Guarav Sodhi. Active ETFs are becoming an increasingly attractive prospect for Australian fund managers. Fidelity Australia managing director Alva Devoy recently indicated to Financial Standard that her firm would soon be moving ...

Thought leadership: Building portfolios for market crises

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2018
Financial Standard's latest roundtable event turned attention to how fund managers, financial advisers, researchers and analysts build investment portfolios for market crises. SQM Research head of research Robert da Silva says behavioural insights over ...

US project to end pension politics

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... and not purely on the risk or return, they are weakening the fund and undermining its integrity. "Public pension fund managers have a fiduciary responsibility to their beneficiaries to make rational decisions based on risk and return, not politics. As ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN  |   12:33PM
Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA  |   11:56AM
Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:09AM
The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA  |   12:20PM
MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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