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RARE fund receives Lonsec tick

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
... attractive and stable dividend yields. "The Fund offers investors both income and real diversification from other asset classes," Hurst said. "In the current environment, it can be tough for investors to generate an income with cash at record lows and ...

Sovereign wealth fund growth steady

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 APR 2017
... sovereign wealth funds were incepted in the last six years, and only 26% of all funds have exposure to traditional asset classes like public equities and fixed income. Sovereign funds are increasingly investing in alternatives, with the report showing ...

Super fund private equity demand growing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Superannuation funds are shunning traditional asset classes and increasingly turning to private equity opportunities, the latest key market insights from law firm MinterEllison show. In the last 12 months superannuation funds have ramped investment ...

Fintechs and instos must align: Saxo

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... infrastructure," Fournais said. The firm's trading platform, SaxoTraderGO, enables private clients to trade multiple asset classes globally from one single margin account and across multiple devices. It also provides institutional clients with multi-asset ...

ETFs attracting insto appetites: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... ETFs, over half said this would be changing soon. For the most part, institutions cited the efficiency of accessing asset classes and markets as a key reason for both using and increasing allocations to ETFs. About two-thirds are using ETFs to access ...

Mason Stevens to launch super, grows SMA menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... you'll be able to buy direct international shares, direct international SMAs, direct bonds, SMAs across all the asset classes - so that will certainly be a new and innovative feature that we'll be bringing to market," Bignill said. Mason Stevens also ...

VanEck expands investment lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
... of VanEck Australia's growth. The firm has established a range of proven investment solutions across a range of asset classes and market opportunities." Established in 1955, VanEck manages more than US$45 billion in assets and is one of the largest global ...

Centrepoint hires Citigroup executive as CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
... previously Citigroup's head of investment advisory and research. He oversaw Citigroup's investment strategy across all asset classes and designed tailored investment advice for Citigold and Citigold Select clients. Before Citigroup, Lewis was an investment ...

Vanguard chief says embrace robo-advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2017
... interest returning a couple of hundred basis points below their 30-year averages, so what you have is two major liquid asset classes running below with more uncertainty and therefore more volatility," McNabb said. "That is a really dangerous formula ...

Australian Unity partners for managed account solution

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2017
... private label diversified models, together with access to a broader panel of professional mangers covering multiple asset classes." The platform recently exceeded $11.3 billion in funds under management and is expected to further new initiatives for ...