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Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... the $8 billion fund uses active and boutique managers in equities and bonds. "Given the fact that we're seeking to generate alpha, we see no reason at the moment to use ETFs. We think we can do better." Michalakis says that over the long term, its ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... a deal to acquire and finance the construction of a solar plant in Queensland's Middlemount that will be able to generate electricity for 24,000 households. This investment is SUSI's first asset in Australia and the biggest solar plant in its ...

Super ESG options can outperform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... workplace super. This above average performance definitely busts the myth that ethical investments need longer time frames to generate strong positive returns," Rainmaker said. Over the 10 years to September 2018, HESTA's Eco Pool was the top performer ...

Maximising retirement planning in an era of volatility

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... market-like returns and certainty with a range of outcomes, she said. If the Australian or global equity market was to generate a 20% loss, Future Safe would set up a -10% floor when setting out objectives, Crowe said by way of example. Conversely, there ...

Practifi continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
Practifi entered a strategic partnership with a Sydney-based regtech to help financial advisers ensure their Statements of Advice are compliant. Advisers using the Practifi platform will now have access to TIQK, a regtech solution that combines compliance ...

Macquarie reshuffles asset management lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
Macquarie Group has made three senior appointments and reshuffled its asset management business as it posts 1H19 net profits of $1.3 billion. Former RBA board member Jillian Broadbent AO is joining the boards of Macquarie Group and Macquarie Bank as ...

Chief economist update: Australia's low(er)-flation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2018
Will the next move in the official cash rate, as Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor Philip Lowe put it, likely "be up, rather than down"? To answer this, we have to look at the RBA's mandate of full employment and meeting an "agreed medium-term ...

ANZ wealth flows decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
ANZ's divested pension and investment businesses continued to record net outflows as it passed the baton to IOOF, the bank's full-year results show. In its financial results for the year ending 30 September 2018, released this morning, ANZ reported ...

Bennelong boutique hires analyst

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... just added to BT Panorama and BT Wrap, and is also on Hub24, Macquarie Wrap, Netwealth and Powerwrap. "The fund aims to generate a real total return of at least 5% p.a. above CPI over five plus years. As at 30 September 2018, in its fifth year of performance ...

Chatbots will move from consumer finance to corporate: BAML

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 OCT 2018
Bank of America Merrill Lynch believes chatbot technologies could have applications in the wholesale and corporate side of banking as customers demand better ways to interact. Speaking at a SIBOS session in Sydney, Bank of America Merrill Lynch treasury ...