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Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
More investors are turning to fixed income ETFs as a way to finetune their bond portfolios. Karren Vergara finds out what is driving the demand and why this new wave of defensive ETFs is here to stay. Recalling the sharp market correction that stung ...

Deputy CIO promotion at industry fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
A $37 billion industry superannuation fund has promoted its head of investment strategy to the new role of deputy chief investment officer. Hostplus' Greg Clerk takes on the deputy chief investment officer role, reporting to long-serving chief investment ...

Chief economist update: Buy the dip or sell the rallies?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
This from the morning Factset 'Top Stories' feed: Why are stocks lower? Weakness in US equities follows big bounce over last couple of weeks in the wake of October selloff. iPhone demand concerns weighing heavily on AAPL-US, supply chain names ...

Advisers choose their own journey on BT hub

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
The ability to select adviser services on an as needed basis will be the key ingredient to growth in BT Financial Group's newly-launched adviser hub. Commencing this week and first flagged in July, BT Open Services is a financial adviser hub set ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
Will the next move in the official cash rate, as Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe put it, likely "be up, rather than down"? To answer this, we have to look at the RBA's mandate of full employment and meeting an "agreed medium-term ...

Star managers address low returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
Portfolio managers of L1 Capital's billion-dollar listed investment company have addressed its underperformance after it delivered -6.3% for the quarter. The long/short listed investment company listed in April after raising $1.3 billion in the ...

Social media reacts to SIBOS

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... #innotribe sessions have never been this packed! Zero empty seats in all sessions. Standing audience!!! Success at #sibos pic.twitter.com/YMuqYz7yjr - Ioana Guiman (@IoanaGuiman) October 24, 2018 Allevo managing partner of business development Ioana ...

Two new ETFs on the block

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
VanEck and BetaShares have announced new ETFs, as product launches in the segment heat up. A new smart beta ETF from VanEck will invest in China A-shares, after the manager gained a licence to invest in the asset class independent of the China Stock ...

Chatbots will move from consumer finance to corporate: BAML

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes chatbot technologies could have applications in the wholesale and corporate side of banking as customers demand better ways to interact. Speaking at a SIBOS session in Sydney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch treasury ...

NEOS unveils underwriting and sales team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
NEOS Life has formally announced the members of its underwriting and sales teams. Gemma Wheeler leads the underwriting and operations team. She joined from BT Life where she was a national new business and underwriting manager. Prior to that, she was ...