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BetaShares funds awarded 'Recommended' ratings

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
Research house Zenith has awarded 'Recommended' ratings to two BetaShares funds. The ratings were given to the Australian Top 20 Equity Yield Maximiser managed fund (YMAX) and to the FTSE RAFI Australia 200 ETF (QOZ). The YMAX fund provides investors ...

mFund attracts 4 new fund managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian Securities Exchange's (ASX) mFun has added four new fund managers to its current offering, which brings the number of mFunds available to 55. The new funds are Platinum Asset Management's new Platinum Global fund, which aims to provide ...

Prominent families back Future Generation philanthropic fund

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest and high profile manufacturing dynasty, the Smorgon family, are among the initial investors in the Future Generation Investment Fund, which has officially commenced trading on the ASX. The new philanthropically-focused ...

Market wrap PM

AAP  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
The Australian stock market is lower as news of a slowdown in Chinese industrial production and expectations the US Federal Reserve will lift interest rates weigh on investors. Official figures released over the weekend showed industrial production ...

AXA ESG SmartBeta fund available to retail investors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
Retail investors with an interest in responsible investment can now access AXA Investment Managers ESG SmartBeta fund. The AXA IM ACWI SmartBeta Equity Fund is now available on the Asgard platform after having been seeded with $55 million from Financial ...

Calendrically weak

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
"Problems, problems, problems all day long Will my problems work out right or wrong?... Worries, worries pile up on my head Woe is me, I should have stayed in bed..." -- Everly Brothers A confluence of worries - old and new -- concerned Wall Street ...

HESTA takes stand against thermal coal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Industry super fund HESTA has begun restricting its investments in thermal coal, becoming the latest fund to move towards fossil fuel divestment. Under the new policy, HESTA will not make new investments in unlisted companies that derive more than 15% ...

Naos to launch long/short equity LIC

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Naos Asset Management has lodged its prospectus to the ASX to IPO its second listed investment company (LIC), the Naos Absolute Opportunities Company. Naos hopes to raise $50 million by the end of October from private investors, institutional funds ...

Get ready for activist members, super funds told

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2014
Superannuation funds should prepare for an increased scrutiny of their investments from members, regulators and activists, according to New Zealand Superannuation Fund manager for responsible investment Anne-Maree O'Connor. Speaking at the Australian ...

AMP adds listed infra to SMSF Suite

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
AMP Capital has added its Global Listed Infrastructure Fund to its SMSF Suite, joining the Corporate Bond Fund and the Wholesale Australian Property Fund. The addition will give self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) access to listed infrastructure ...