Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 971 - 980 of 6727 results for "Benchmark"

Fees down across asset classes: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
A report has found substantial fee reductions across a number of asset classes, associated with continued pressure on external manager fees from asset owners. The bfinance report found fees for active global equity mandates have fallen by 7% since 2013 ...

Portfolio manager departs LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... Templeton Growth Fund (ASX: TGG), which has been around since 1987. TGG returned 4% before expenses, well behind the benchmark's 11.3% rise in FY19. He had also managed the $161 million unlisted Templeton Global Trust Fund since 2000. Singapore-based ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
ASIC is calling time on the financial services industry's reliance on disclosure as the default consumer protection, saying it enables poor conduct and poor consumer outcomes. The regulator said disclosures have been assumed to inform consumers to make ...

No pain, no gain: APRA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
As APRA raises the bar for the superannuation sector, trustees are readying themselves for discomfort. But the prudential regulator believes the pain is necessary for improving member outcomes. Addressing the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees ...

ETFS Capital backs indexing startup

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... indexing startup founded by industry heavyweights last year. Moorgate Benchmarks kicked off last year and aims to provide benchmark solutions that are more nimble that the traditional ones. It was set up by Gareth Parks, who was one of the four founding ...

BlackRock Australia rejigs multi-asset range

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 OCT 2019
... screens, then changes from a total exposure perspective is anticipated to be less than 3% change versus standard market cap benchmark," a spokesperson said. The costs and target returns will remain unchanged for both the funds. "We find that as soon ...

Major funds expand with Singapore investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... partnership with ITE to continue the delivery of a world-class educational facility. ITE College West is a regional benchmark for a successful PPP model that rewards all stakeholders," said Anantakrishnan. Whitehelm Capital currently has $4.9 billion ...

Chief economist update: Are capital markets the next Sino-US battleground?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... return for his broader objective of getting China to wave the white flag in this seemingly never-ending trade battle. US benchmark equity indices dropped last Friday - Dow down by 0.3%), S&P 500 down by 0.5%, Nasdaq down by 1.1%, Russell 2000 down by ...

Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... the three years to June 2019 the median managers in all active investment categories underperformed their respective benchmark returns. The research looked at active core, high performance and small companies funds. Active core is defined as products ...

Bennelong boutique scores first insto mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... multi-boutique Bennelong Funds Management in 2015 and launched its retail unit trust the next year, which has outperformed benchmark by 4.29% p.a. net of fee since original inception in 2014, when it was under a different trustee. "When we formed Quay ...