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Fixed income, smart beta need better access

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2016
An Australian ETF provider is moving its focus towards fixed income and smart beta in the view that the local market is currently underserving investors. iShares Australia chief executive Jon Howie told the recent Bloomberg Buy-side Forum in Sydney ...

Objectives-based investing under the spotlight

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Assets in Australian objectives-based managed funds have quadrupled over the last decade to about $10 billion yet risk and return outcomes are not necessarily living up to expectations. Investment researcher Morningstar says in a new white paper that ...

Perpetual becomes trustee for $900m IPO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Perpetual will act as trustee for a $900 million Singapore real estate investment trust IPO. The Frasers Logistics and Industrial Trust (FLT) S-REIT, which comprises properties in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, will commence trading on the Singapore ...

Managers must give investors more access: AMP

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
Fund managers must be more open to providing end investors with greater access to global investment products, according to AMP Capital director, Australia and New Zealand, Craig Keary. Speaking at a media briefing in Sydney, Keary said AMP Capital's ...

Ratings upgrade for VanEck, PM Capital

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2016
... investors receive diversification across the infrastructure sector and its cost effectiveness relative to unlisted active managed fund peers." Zenith Investment Partners assigned PM Capital's PGF a 'recommended' rating. In its product assessment, Zenith ...

Challenger, AMP come out on top in difficult managed funds year

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUN 2016
AMP and Challenger were the only wholesale fund managers to report any significant growth in the March 2016 quarter, according to Plan for Life research. On a quarterly basis, the wholesale funds sector fell 3% during the March quarter. Annually, the ...

Milliman awarded industry fund mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
Milliman's Managed Risk Strategy will be applied to an industry super fund's default MySuper option from 1 July in a move described as a turning point for superannuation. The $4.8 billion Maritime Super awarded Milliman the managed risk mandate that ...

AMP Capital partners to launch first active infra ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... with BetaShares, AMP Capital has listed the AMP Capital Global Listed Infrastructure Securities Fund (Unhedged) (Managed Fund), along with the AMP Capital Global Property Securities Fund (Unhedged) (Managed Fund). The partnership will extend to a third ...

IOOF appoints direct equities head

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
IOOF has appointed a head of direct equities. Previously a senior equities analyst in the IOOF advice research team, Elan Miller will now oversee IOOF's direct equities research capabilities. Prior to joining IOOF in 2015, Miller was a portfolio manager ...

BNP appoints PE and real estate head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
BNP Paribas Securities Services has appointed a new head of private equity and real estate. Taking on the role is Cleyde Hazell, who commenced the positon in May 2016. Hazell joins BNP Paribas from JPMorgan Chase & Co where she held the role of vice ...