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Global bond fund gets first Aussie investor

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2015
Alpha Fund Managers has become the first Australian investor in a global asset manager's absolute return bond fund. Standard Life Investments' Absolute Return Global Bond Strategies Trust aims to return cash plus 3% per annum over rolling three-year ...

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
... because of their more coherent pricing structure," he added. Prugue said that a more appropriate vehicle for active fund managers to access the retail market would be through mFund or through actively managed ETFs. Like other managers, Lazard would consider ...

Investors flee Aussie equities, turn to international

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2015
... Sherman said that there is "strong growth towards model portfolio ETFs. "Investors are using models from renowned fund managers or research houses to build their own diversified portfolios," he said. "Most of the times, they don't take it to the letter ...

New Calastone service automates distribution processing

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... Developed specifically for Australia, the service enables full straight-through-processing interoperability between fund managers and platform investors allowing them to use existing infrastructure and benefit through reduced operational risk and cost. ...

Fee pressure turns super funds to smart beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2015
... are "looking to consolidate their relationships with managers across active and passive" in a bid to have "less fund managers and lower fees." HSBC Global Asset Management deputy chief investment officer for equities Vis Nayer is in Australia presenting ...

Equity Trustees hires account manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2015
... Queensland, and New Zealand, over the past five years. His background includes consulting independently to boutique fund managers through his own business, and various roles with Australian Unity Investments, Challenger and Morningstar. Akele will be ...

Financial services industry unites for marriage equality

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2015
... ING, ME Bank, MLC, NAB, St. George and Westpac. The only superannuation fund in the list is AustralianSuper, while fund managers and large investment banks such as BNY Mellon, Citi, J.P. Morgan, State Street and UBS also signed the letter. The letter ...

Fundhost appoints joint CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... worrying about their retirement." Wilson added that Fundhost's unified service offering was increasingly appealing to fund managers. "If you're a manager, it's very common in this space for you to hire a responsible entity and then the responsible entity ...

Alpha Fund Managers add AB fund to portfolio

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
Alpha Fund Managers has become the initial investor in the AllianceBernstein (AB) Global Equities Fund by adding the fund to its multi-manager portfolio. AB chief executive officer Australia, Jen Driscoll, said a differentiated approach to delivering ...

Northern Trust wins UCA mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2015
... has been appointed to provide global custody services for UCA Funds Management, one of Australia's largest ethical fund managers. UCA Funds Management chief executive, Michael Walsh, said the appointment also brings the company one step closer to becoming ...