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China FTA gives Australia "first mover advantage"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2015
... added. The FTA with China will allow Australian financial services companies to break some of the barriers and allow fund managers access to China's three schemes for trading and investment. But the agreement has not removed all technical barriers to ...

Investors to get less in coming years

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... worse" in the years ahead as a result of poor earnings growth, low activity levels and little economic progress, fund managers have warned. At an Australian Unity Investments outlook briefing in Sydney, senior fund managers from property and global equities ...

SIV opens door to China for fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2015
... will undoubtedly bring benefits to parts of the economy in need of investment but also knock-on opportunities for fund managers specialising in the scheme to get access to investments in China. The new rules stipulate that at least $500,000 of the minimum ...

NSW Advisers Big Day Out kicks off next week

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Financial Standard's NSW Advisers Big Day Out Investment Manager Roadshow are closing soon. The country's leading fund managers, including Altair Asset Management, Auscap Asset Management, Insync Funds Management, La Trobe Financial, IOOF and Australian ...

Philanthropic LICs a triple win: Wilson

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Philanthropic listed investment companies (LICs) are unique to Australia and represent a win for investors, fund managers and charities, Future Generation founder Geoff Wilson said. The Future Generation Investment Fund (FGX) is a $200 million fund ...

ANALYSIS: The dragon in the room

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... landing. That has pretty serious consequences for Australia." But over the past few months an increasing number of fund managers have struck deals with local investors to access the A-share market. Van Eck has recently partnered with China Asset Management ...

Fund managers take cover behind cash sandbags

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
Fund managers have ratcheted up their cash positions to levels not seen since before the financial crisis, the latest global survey from Bank of America Merrill Lynch shows. The July numbers show that cash levels have soared to an average of 5.5%, up ...

Fidante buys UK alternatives manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... arrangements with key Dexion executives. Dexion is an alternatives manager with interests in three other UK boutique fund managers: renewable energy specialist Resonance Asset Management; social housing investor Horizon Infrastructure Partnership; and ...

Strong passive flows force managers to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
Flows into passive strategies have forced active fund managers to lower their fees, global research by US-based management consultant Casey Quirk has found. Passive strategies accounted for 93% of total net new flows at registered products in the United ...

Hedge fund returns down 10% in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
... to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) 2014 hedge funds survey, which examined 27 hedge fund managers based in Australia with more than $37.1 billion in funds under management, which represents about 44% of the market. The report ...