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Beware: Zombie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
Almost 200 exchange traded funds now trade in Australia, but not all have tickled investor appetite, with several plodding along like zombies, Rainmaker research shows. Opening Financial Standard 's annual Best Practice Forum on ETFs in Melbourne this ...

ATO guides SMSFs on PYSP changes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
The Australian Tax Office has provided guidance on how self-managed superannuation funds might be affected by the Protecting Your Super reforms. The ATO confirmed to SMSF investors that the raft of changes - introduced as part of the Protecting Your ...

NZ$5 trillion investor group supports Christchurch Call

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2019
... leverage to raise concerns with the companies' board and management on these issues." The investor initiative now has 55 funds participating including the original group of NZ Super, Accident Compensation Corporation, Government Superannuation Fund ...

Mercer names administration services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... Jo-Anne Bloch, who led the business for two years. She continues her current role as head of industry and public sector funds, and will also lead the client service teams. Bloch first joined the firm's human resources department in 2004 and returned ...

VGI Partners' dual pitch to investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... raising is being undertaken in response to strong demand from existing VG1 shareholders to increase their investment. The funds raised will be invested in accordance with the company's previously disclosed investment strategy and will provide additional ...

Labor proposal targets low income earners: Association

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... most Australians." More than 92% of tax payers do not receive any franking credits, but the top 1% of self-managed super funds received an average cash refund in franking credits of more than $80,000 in 2014-15, according to the ALP. The Alliance's argument ...

TCorp appoints general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2019
... responsible for arranging one of the first social benefit bonds in Australia," TCorp said. TCorp has over $100 billion in funds under management and provides investment and financial management solutions to the NSW public sector. It has restructured ...

OneVue, Mainstream automate cross-platform transfers

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... manual and costly transfers process, Calastone is enabling greater efficiency, confidence and certainty in how the managed funds supply chain interacts."

Midwinter acquires InvestmentLink

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... provider InvestmentLink. InvestmentLink contains over 4.4 million client accounts across 300 superannuation and managed funds. It has $40 billion of assets managed by 12,000 advisers from more than 200 dealer groups. The financial details of the transaction ...

Chief economist update: A tariff for a tariff

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2019
... Sino-US trade stoush and the financial markets' reaction to it. The CME FedWatch Tool shows the probability that the fed funds rate would remain at 2.25%-2.50% at the Fed's December 2019 FOMC meeting has dropped to 26.1% from 45.8% a week ago ...