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Bentham AM launches mFund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2018
... time required for the investors; and they trade at the valuation to assets [unlike LICs which can trade at a discount or premium]," he says. Bentham has one strategy remaining that is not yet available in a listed version, the $358 global opportunities ...

Survey says no to subsidising life insurance for genetically at-risk Aussies

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2018
Australians do not want to subsidise life insurance for those with adverse genetic test results, according to the latest Financial Services Council study. The FSC recently released results of its consumer survey conducted in July this year. The survey ...

Property fund hires manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... roles at AMP Capital. CMA recently offloaded a Queensland industrial property for $30.6 million which is says is an 8.7% premium to its latest book value. The property was sold to sister REIT Centuria Industrial REIT (CIP) who issued trust units to raise ...

WAM names prospective Blue Sky LIC team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... chair Michael Cottier to whom the letter was addressed. "We believe we have the ability to return the BAF share price to a premium to its underlying NTA and then grow the company," Wilson said The newly-constituted board of BAF is considering the update ...

New Zealand reviews life insurance commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
New Zealand life insurers are paying the highest commissions to financial advisers in the world and the nation's Reserve Bank is concerned about the conduct risk it is creating. According to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand's latest Financial Stability ...

Will Aussie equities overcome 2019 challenges?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
The head of Australian equities at a $1.36 trillion global investment manager predicts the asset class will deflect risks and a challenging policy environment to provide investors with a low beta source of "healthy" yield in 2019. T. Rowe Price head ...

Super fund slashes fees, switches administrator

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
A $5.5 billion superannuation fund scrapped several fees, discounted its insurance premiums and changed administrators. EISS Super announced several changes that took effect from 1 October 2018 affecting its superannuation, pension, retirement scheme ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... points out that active bond managers are relatively economic compared to other actively managed sectors. "That modest cost premium is worthwhile for the potential to avoid negative returns." Although coming from a small base, the potential of fixed income ...

DomaCom, DFS establish $4.1m sub-fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
DomaCom partnered with DFS Portfolio Solutions to launch a $4.1m mortgage sub-fund. DomaCom announced an allocation to two mortgage investments through the firm's first branded mortgage fund with DFS. The firm said the two mortgages total around $4.1 ...

Royal Commission hits Westpac cash earnings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
Westpac reported a flat net profit of $8 billion with increased remediation provisions and legal costs weighing on the group's cash earnings. The group recorded a 1% increase in net profit year-on-year to $8.095 billion for the 12 months to September ...