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Investment analysts overpaid and mostly redundant: Moore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... lunch briefing in Sydney, the fund manager who also founded the $2.2 billion global equity boutique, took aim at fund managers who failed to take meaningful positions away from the benchmark. "Most of the investment world runs on process," Moore said. ...

Platinum inflows boosted by increased marketing spend

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... equities. Platinum is well placed to take advantage of this." With stern competition in the global equity space from fund managers including the ever-popular Magellan Asset Management, Neilson highlighted Platinum's point of difference early in his analyst ...

Financial services adding more to economy than mining

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... industry must play at home in providing clarity and simplicity for all Australians' futures. "Australia has world class fund managers who understand the need for the industry to continue to develop innovative, flexible and transparent products that help ...

Monash launches absolute return LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
... recent capital raisings." Monash co-founder and portfolio manager Shane Fitzgerald added, "Unlike many professional fund managers, we are not constrained by style, stock size, strategy or benchmarks, so we can offer benefits not usually available in ...

Unconstrained bond funds disappoint in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... its fixed interest coverage. "Unconstrained investing involves moving away from fixed interest benchmarks, giving fund managers more flexibility to use different strategies to seek returns and manage risk," said Lonsec general manager for income and ...

Lack of scaleability curbs hedge fund appeal

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 FEB 2016
... identified and used as the basis of mathematical models, ie, develop aspects of what some hedge fund and alternatives fund managers seek to do but organise and de-personalise it into a scalable process. This is what prompted CFM to develop its heavy ...

Funds under management to hit $8tr by 2035: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2016
Competition will intensify among the country's largest fund managers as research forecast the size of the wealth management market to reach $8 trillion by 2035, at a bare minimum. In the latest Rainmaker Roundup report on funds under management (FUM) ...

New robo-advice business launches

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2016
... of academic research to create portfolios that equal the performance and sophistication of those in use at global fund managers The company says its platform is flexible, scalable and efficient enough to suit institutions, adviser groups and individuals. ...

mFunds grow by 77%

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... 2014 and December 2015. As revealed in the ASX's half-year 2016 results, this represents 133 funds offered by 41 fund managers via 15 brokers. This number is expected to grow thanks to NAB, which became the first major bank to commit to the service at ...

FSC proposes Budget fixes to boost fin services exports

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... recommendations that a competitive withholding tax regime be established and there be a wider range of investment vehicles for fund managers. "To boost growth, investment and employment, Australian financial services providers must be allowed to compete ...