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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 ...

Active managers need new measurement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
The way active fund managers' returns are measured may not accurately reflect their value, negating up to 85 basis points in overall performance. New research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) finds the way performance ...

Jobs at risk from second machine age

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2016
... positions in operations and administrative support are especially likely to be consolidated or replaced," it continued. Fund managers are not blind to the fact that the workforce disruption brought about by automation will result in winners and losers. ...

Standard Life Investments appoints ESG head

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2016
Standard Life Investments has promoted one of its senior fund managers to head of stewardship and ESG investment with Guy Jubb retiring at the end of March. Euan Stirling joined Standard Life Investments' as a UK equity analyst in 2001 from Schroder ...

Calastone hires senior Macquarie executive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2016
... for Australia and New Zealand. Former Macquarie Bank executive Tony Nejasmic will work closely with platforms and fund managers who are increasingly adopting Calastone's automated network for domestic and cross border transaction processing. He has 20 ...