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Raiz expands offshore

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... the process of finalising this partnership, Lucas said. Raiz has an office in Jakarta with three staff members. The Mutual Fund Selling Agent licence was granted by the Indonesian Financial Services Authority. Lucas flagged the company's intention ...

Why indexing is big business

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
With over three million active benchmarks across the globe growing exponentially, the changing nature of index providers is becoming increasingly more relevant in the investment process. The disproportionate ratio of stocks to indices shows no sign ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... in the underlying securities taking place. Fixed income ETF structures are also more efficient than trading a bond mutual fund, he says. Ultimately, investors seeking to increase fixed income ETF allocation need to be aware of interest rate movements ...

Are ETFs really the next smartphones?

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Investment in exchange-traded funds can no longer be "phoned in" especially when the products are viewed as a transcendent technology that will reshape the traditional fund landscape. Using the analogy that smartphones have become less about calling ...

What do future asset managers look like?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
J.P. Morgan Asset Management chief executive Chris Willcox has outlined his vision for the $120 trillion asset management industry, identifying a true north for its future direction. Speaking to a group of international media in London on Tuesday, Willcox ...

CCIV draws mixed reception: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
Australia's Corporate Collective Investment Vehicle (CCIV) initiative received mixed responses from the global asset management community planning to ramp up cross-border strategies in the next five years, State Street research shows. Of the 250 ...

Global fund manager replaces COO

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2018
A US fund manager with a distribution alliance in Australia announced its chief operating officer and co-founder is retiring with a replacement taking over immediately. After 14 years as president and COO at Epoch Investment Partners, Timothy T. Taussig ...

US investment giant acquires global fund manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
One of the largest investment managers in the US now owns a 60% interest in a global ESG-focused fund manager with operations in Australia. Federated Investors, a $534 billion fund manager and SMA provider, has paid $440 million for a majority stake ...

Aurora reshuffles compliance team

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... Melbourne. Hartnell and Burroughs replace Lighthouse Infrastructure compliance manager Kim Rowe and former Colonial Mutual Fund managing director John Taylor. This reshuffle follows Aurora's successful bid, along with Keybridge Capital, to remove ...

Asset manager awards admin mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2018
An Australian alternative asset manager has awarded a fund administration mandate to US firm SS&C Technologies. SS&C Technologies marked Global Merces as its first Australian client since the acquisition of DST earlier this year. The Nasdaq-listed company ...