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ASX builds fund supermarket

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... option of exchange-quoted funds. As for the ASX's mFund settlement service - a service to directly access unlisted managed funds and established in 2014 - Christoe says one of the surprising aspects is the take up by advisers. "Around 60% of all the ...

UBS adds three execs to asset management team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... As director of the UBS product development and management team, he will manage the lifecycle of UBS' Australian managed funds. Gil has over 10 years' product experience and, prior to Russell, was manager of Australian product development at AMP Capital. ...

Macquarie awarded $2bn in mandates

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... follow-on investments in five different countries, reaching a total equity under management of $1.4 billion. MIRA's managed funds also undertook net divestments, although Macquarie did not give more information. The group saw performance fees reach $208 ...

SMSFs keeping cash for better markets

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... is they're prioritising diversification in their portfolios a lot more." SMSF allocations to listed and unlisted managed funds continued to increase, growing to 18% of total assets, up from 15% in the last year. The allocation to direct shares drifted ...

InvestSMART launches free robo-advice tool

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Managed funds discount broker InvestSMART has launched a free direct-to-consumer "robo-advice" tool. The tool allows consumers to input their existing assets (if any), answer questions on desired outcomes and time horizons and then compare available ...

New SMAs at MLC increasing exponentially

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
... Wrap and MLC Navigator platforms. This means advisers can manage their client's SMA portfolios in the same way as managed funds and shares, further increasing efficiency.

mFund doubles size in 6 months

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... at a competitive fee." The fund's addition means that investors can now access each of Bentham's three Australian managed funds through the mFund service's participating brokers. "Advisers and investors are starting to recognise the diversification benefits ...

Cost cuts put research at risk

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... advantages: intellectual capital and experience in selecting and vetting investments built over time. Producing managed funds research is labour intensive and expensive, but without demonstrable value-add through capabilities such as research, wealth ...

Spring FG to launch digital advice platform

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... specialist My Prosperity. Users will be able to consolidate in one place bank accounts, credit cards and loans, shares, managed funds and superannuation; regardless of the product provider or financial institution behind each asset. It also provides ...

Managed funds jump $115 billion

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2015
Managed funds grew by $115.2 billion in the 12 months to end of March, according to the latest report from researcher Plan For Life. Retail managed funds ended the year up $45.3 billion (or 14.4%) to total $742.7 billion. Most of the leading companies ...