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CFS lifestage funds enter direct infrastructure

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
... least 20 years until retirement - and they are well placed to make long-term investments in long-term assets with less liquidity." Senior investment manager Jujhar Toki said the regulated nature of infrastructure assets provides some return certainty ...

WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... Financial Standard, WAM Capital chair Geoff Wilson said this was a good price, adding: "We're effectively providing liquidity for people; the stocks haven't been trading for a number of months and people want liquidity. Aurora also bid 13.5c, but we're ...

Xero consolidates stock exchange listings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... like the UK, North America, and Southeast Asia," he said. Gaining enhanced access to deeper capital markets, increased liquidity and a broader base of potential investors is critical to fulfilling Xero's ambition to be the leading global small business ...

Capital Group takes aim at the fund size myth

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... added. Capital Group research argues that despite the NPF's size, the manager's structure prevents "drag" and mitigates liquidity issues. This is because the portfolio is split across seven sleeves, which allow portfolio managers to "act only on their ...

US recommends asset manager stress tests be removed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... report on the Trump administration's Core Principals for Financial Regulation. US Treasury's belief is that a strong liquidity risk management framework is a more effective approach to addressing liquidity risk than the stress testing of asset management ...

OneVue sells $2bn RE business

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... covers 27 managed investment schemes and will be acquired by Equity Trustees for $3.5 million, funded from existing liquidity and debt facilities. The acquisition is expected to finalise in the first quarter of 2018. EQT has already paid an initial deposit ...

VanEck hires for expansion

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 OCT 2017
... ETF market to be valued at between $70 billion to $80 billion within five years, as investors continue to enjoy their liquidity advantages, transparency and lower costs. Smart beta will likely experience similar growth to the global ETP landscape accounting ...

BTFM awards $500m fixed income mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2017
... Colchester due to "the fact that they're an active manager with a sovereign-only specialty that delivers defensiveness and liquidity." He added: "Following an extensive global search, we're pleased to be able to add Colchester to our stable. Colchester's ...

CommInsure adds new annuity strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... new strategy also seeks to address how to best manage inflation and changing interest rates while maintaining enough liquidity to deal with the unexpected life events. "Trying to estimate how long your retirement income will need to last is one of the ...

Asset manager seeks to demystify hybrids

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 SEP 2017
... RAM's Diversified Fixed Interest & Credit SMA and the Australian Listed Interest Rate Securities SMA, but with the added liquidity and diversification benefits of allocating portions of the portfolio to exchange-traded funds (ETFs). "We can use ETFs ...