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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 ...

First Super to vote against AMP board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... other ACSI members follow suit, with chief executive Bill Watson saying: "We call on other superannuation funds, fund managers and proxy advisers to follow the lead of ACSI and send a message to the industry that the types of practices perpetrated by ...

Fidelity to launch active ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Kong, Singapore and the Irish Central Bank are interested in the space. You shouldn't only be able to access active fund managers through platforms or your financial adviser. It should be way easier for people - just like buying a stock."

Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... pressure on the government aged pension. Therefore, workers put significant amounts of trust in their superannuation fund managers to not only safeguard, but grow their super to enable a comfortable retirement sooner rather than later," Rayner said.