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More US giants added to Chi-X TraCRs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
Chi-X has unveiled the next tranche of large US listed companies to become available through its TraCRs investment vehicle. The alternative stock exchange has boosted the options available to investors through its Transferable Custody Receipts, adding ...

Xplore Wealth outlines 2020 plans

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
ASX-listed platform Xplore Wealth has announced a slew of new products and offers, set to launch in 2020. It comes as the platform provider releases its results for the 1H2020 financial year. Xplore is set to release three new products in 2020, including ...

All Tech Index launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
After several years in the making, the ASX has launched a new technology index, set to boost the profiles of Australia's tech darlings and provide new opportunities to investors. The S&P/ASX All Tech Index, which some analysts have likened to an Australian ...

Chief economist update: Working nine to five, barely getting by

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
"Workin' 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin' Barely gettin' by, it's all takin' and no givin'..." - Dolly Parton The Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS) latest update on the growth of wages among the country's workers ...

Franklin Templeton to acquire Legg Mason

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
Franklin Resources, trading as Franklin Templeton, has entered into a $6.7 billion agreement to acquire Legg Mason, creating a $2.24 trillion investment powerhouse. Under the agreement, which was unanimously approved by both boards, Franklin Templeton ...

Advice industry compresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
New Rainmaker research reveals the financial advice industry in Australia is in a state of compression - as advisers leave in significant numbers and licensees are squeezed. The number of registered financial advisers decreased 15% last calendar year ...

Australia's fastest growing investment managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
A Chicago fund manager tops the list of the 50 fastest-growing investment managers that raise assets from Aussie investors, according to Rainmaker Research. William Blair, whose Sydney office is led by Alexander Rolfe, swelled its FUM from just $7 million ...

AustralianSuper, QIC back investment manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
Representatives of AustralianSuper and QIC are set to join the board of a US investment manager following significant investments by both parties. Generate Capital, an investment and operating platform for distributed sustainable infrastructure, has ...

FPA partners with Deakin University

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has partnered with Deakin Business School to allow financial planners to combine a Masters of Financial Planning with its Certified Financial Planning (CFP) program. It comes after the FPA signaled in ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
Bond managers appear to be taking a more active approach to investing in the current low-volatility environment, according to Bank of China's head of fixed income Mark Todd. Looking into the performance of the major bond funds form the last 12 months ...