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mFund doubles size in 6 months

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... director Richard Quin said that the manager is "committed to improving access to investing in global credit and fixed interest investments for investors at a competitive fee." The fund's addition means that investors can now access each of Bentham's ...

Challenger enters strategic partnership with Janus

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... distribute Kapstream products in the US initially, but then also internationally." Although Challenger no longer has an equity interest in Kapstream, Marriage said that it will retain a "very big interest" in the manager via distribution and operational ...

PROFILE: Stanford Brown chief executive Jonathan Hoyle

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... life lesson for me," he says. "Never take anything for granted. The company made a terrible bet on the direction of UK interest rates and had to be basically bailed out by the Bank of England." S.G. Warburg was purchased by Swiss Bank Corporation in ...

Corporate bond issue closes at $35m oversubscribed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... trustees and other sophisticated investors. The six-year senior secured amortising note issue will pay a fixed rate of interest of 7.75% per annum, confirmed FIIG Securities, the sole lead arranger of the issue. The notes were distributed to new and ...

Forward-thinking advisers benefit from opt-in deadline

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
ASIC's "facilitative approach" to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) opt-in and fee disclosure statement requirements ends today, but forward-thinking practices have nothing to worry about. The deadline was originally June 30, 2014, but it was extended ...

BMO to manage ESG for $53bn NZ funds

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
BMO Global Asset Management has been appointed to support three New Zealand pension funds managing more than $53.2 billion with environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors. BMO will provide responsible investment engagement services for New Zealand ...

ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... financial adviser after finding he engaged in conduct "that was misleading or deceptive whilst issuing unsecured fixed interest notes in Protect Ensure." Lee Robert Robin of Camp Hill, Queensland, has been a director of Protect Ensure since 18 April ...

D-day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
... lovers out there) - taking its 2015-to-date return to a measly 0.5%. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) 2.90% interest offering on its GoalSaver account suddenly looks Jennifer Hawkins attractive. It's Chris Hemsworth hot if you consider that ...

Pension funds loading up on alternatives: BIS

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... added demographic changes have put a heavy strain on pension funds. "Central to the funds' woes are persistently low interest rates, which depress both investment returns and discount rates. Lower discount rates, in turn, raise the present value of funds' ...

Advisers waiting on the sidelines with smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2015
... figures to look at, then I would start using them." His view matches the results of the EDHEC-Risk Institute 'Investor Interest in and Requirements for Smart Beta ETFs' report, which gathered views from 222 institutional investors and private wealth ...