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The joys of an independent board

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... board, we have sought to make the trust appeal to more investors, especially post RDR. Part of that relates to size and liquidity, and when we were a sub £200 million market cap trust we were going nowhere," director Gay Collins said. "The decision ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 12.4pct, braces for future

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 2 OCT 2018
... The $39 billion fund has reaped the rewards of its growth-asset allocations but is now reducing risk and increasing liquidity in its holdings. Chief executive Matt Whineray said the returns could be credited to three factors: investments in timber (primarily ...

LIC invests in crypto platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 SEP 2018
... currency. As part of the investment, FGF will use the platform to list its investments for distribution and provide liquidity for its own digital assets. FGF executive director Anoosh Manzoori said investing in FutureICO will help position the LIC for ...

WAM Capital commences LIC takeover bid

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 SEP 2018
... giving WDE shareholders two options: to remain a WAM shareholder or to exit the position, leveraging WAM's on-market liquidity. It is encouraging the WDE shareholders to accept the offer as soon as possible, noting that the offer currently remains conditional. ...

Platform providers crack S&P/ASX 300

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... be considered for index inclusion once a current constituent stock is excluded due to a sufficiently low rank and/or liquidity, based on the float-adjusted market capitalization," the index's methodology says. "Potential index inclusions and exclusions ...

Advisers warming up to LICs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 6 SEP 2018
... strategies that seek to get illiquidity premia - the capital is locked down for some time period but the investor has liquidity through the ASX trading. Meanwhile, ETFs are suited for more open ended strategies. Clayton said he expects the advisor-broker ...

Kapstream renews industry fund relationship

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2018
... lower yielding, more defensive assets. It will invest predominantly in investment grade securities and will offer daily liquidity. "We expect domestic interest rates to remain little changed over the next year or two, requiring managers to think more ...

Aussie super asset allocation "riskier": Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 27 AUG 2018
... tempered this by mentioning Australia's relatively high allocation to cash, which it recognised provides a source of liquidity in a market offering a variety of funds for retirement savers to choose from. The report also outlined the growth in alternative ...

Discriminatory bank regulation hits super savings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... industry or retail super fund member is missing out on an additional $12,000 in retirement as a direct result of bank liquidity regulation. "We estimate that the differential amounts to around $11.50 less in expected weekly income in retirement for an ...

BetaShares to launch three tech ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... worked closely with the index provider to implement the index to deliver the exposure, but also to take care of the liquidity aspect," he said. The launches follow from BetaShare's flagship tech ETF, the NASDAQ 100 (NDQ) which now has about $400 ...