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XTB launches ESG fixed income portfolio

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 APR 2018
... rate. The XTB emerald fixed income portfolio is a managed portfolio of individual bond units (XTBs) that will invest in Aussie corporate bonds from companies with a strong track record of mitigating environmental, social and governance risk relative ...

One third of Aussies struggling financially

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
A study into financial wellbeing of Australians has found that almost a quarter of the population is just getting by, while a further 13% struggle to meet day-to-day financial commitments. The ANZ Financial Wellbeing survey shows more than a third of ...

Robo-advice on the rise but no replacement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
Robo-advice presents opportunities for increasing consumer accessibility to financial advice, but Investment Trends data and adviser insight suggests it will never be a panacea. Latest Investment Trends research shows adoption of robo-advice in Australia ...

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... 9, ETF trading volumes tripled normal activity on Australian primary market creations and doubled on secondary markets. Aussie ETFs also maintained liquidity during the price correction, the $6.3 trillion investment manager said. The average spread for ...

SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... diversification. Only 35% believed a portfolio had to have more than four assets to be diversified. More than half (53%) said a mix of Aussie and global equities is diversified. About half (47%) said 20 individual equity stocks were enough to diversify ...

Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... inception, its annualised return has been 11.37%. The equities strategy is also offered hedged against the New Zealand and Aussie dollars.

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... - and by an overwhelming majority, according to the CFA Institute's 2018 survey of investor trust. More than 80% of the Aussie retail investors surveyed said they were likely to trust recommendations from a human financial planner more than those made ...

Active manager launches Aussie equities strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 APR 2018
A $109 billion quantitative investment manager is launching its new Australian equities strategy with an undisclosed amount in seed capital from Russell Investments. The Man Numeric Australia Core strategy will pick Australian mid to large cap stocks ...

BetaShares corners market with super-cheap Aussie equities ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
BetaShares will roll out the world's lowest-cost Australian equities ETF, with management costs of 0.07%. The BetaShares Australia 200 ETF invests in the largest 200 companies listed on the ASX and will trade on the exchange under the ticker code A200. ...

Tech selloff builds cash pile at Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... markets. But as Cvetanovski said: "Cash is a drag is on (fund) performance when the markets go up." US markets are expensive, Aussie banks are highly leveraged, and volatility may rear its head again "a little bit", he said. The equities manager is funneling ...