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ING low-fee super hits $1bn mark

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... addition to the balanced and growth options, Living Super has member direct investment options, offering access to managed funds, as well as real time trading of shares listed on the ASX/S&P 200 index and selected ETFs and LICs. In the middle of 2014 ...

SMSFs up weighting to international shares

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
... La Greca added. There are still some barriers to direct investment in overseas shares. As a result, allocation to managed funds has increased to 17.4%. The survey also revealed that during the last quarter of the 2014 financial year, the average contribution ...

FEATURE: Is it time to change the conversation about ETFs?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... been viewed as a cheap and easy way for retail investors to get passive exposure to a market. They are cheaper than managed funds and are a more efficient diversification tool than direct stock picking. They also cater to retail investors' preference ...

UBS launches borrow-to-buy share vehicle

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2014
... margin calls. UBS Investment Builders allow investors to purchase shares, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and listed managed funds by paying a portion of the underlying security price themselves, while UBS provides a limited recourse loan for the balance ...

Active fund failure shown in new data

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
The vast majority of Australian active managed funds have under-performed their respective benchmark across virtually all sectors of the market over one, three and five years, the latest data from S&P Dow Jones Indices shows. The worst offending sector ...

Morningstar names two new analysts

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... Wu has come on board as an analyst. They are responsible for undertaking research on Australian and New Zealand managed funds, listed investment companies, and exchange-traded funds. Both report to Tom Whitelaw, director of manager research ratings. ...

Implemented Portfolios appoints former BlackRock MD

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2014
... indicated his belief that the company's business represents an effective challenger to the traditional platform/managed funds model. Seccombe, who is also on the member advisory board of the SelfWealth self directed platform group, has been looking for ...

Van Eyk administrator optimistic of finding buyer

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... October 21. Van Eyk entered voluntary administration on 15 September following a crisis in its Blueprint series of managed funds.

ASX mFund yet to attract major brokers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... will challenge the primacy of the bank-owned wrap platform model, which has a near monopoly on the distribution of managed funds to the retail market. "It's going to be a serious threat to the platforms, so they certainly do need to look at their value ...

van Eyk up for sale

ALICE URIBE, MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2014
... 2014. Van eyk went into voluntary administration earlier this week after the closure of the Blueprint Series of managed funds "This has presented short term financial challenges as it is currently structured to the parent company, van Eyk Research Pty ...