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Aequitas hires former Vanguard consultant

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... also worked at Lonsec as senior investment analyst in managed fund research, conducting research on Managed Funds, ETFs, LICs and SMAs. Besides Stephan, Aequitas has also appointed Tea Van Ross (nee May) as head of strategy and client delivery. Ross ...

Australia is 'laissez-faire' on eligibility for semi-liquid investments: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... (LIVs). Typically, open to all investors and mainly exclusive to Australia, listed investment trusts (LITs) or companies (LICs) are the closed-ended cousins of ETFs. "... while ETFs are open-ended and can use market makers to help steer pricing close ...

AustralianSuper reduces fees on Member Direct option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... will be replaced with Morningstar research. AustralianSuper said this will also include the addition of research on ETFs and LICs. "Morningstar research will cover over 60% of shares in the S&P/ASX300 index and approximately 75% of ETFs and LICs currently ...

Hearts & Minds, WAM slash stakes in Corporate Travel Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... halt, it would have a positive impact on pre-tax NTA of 9 cents per share," HM1 told investors. Wilson Asset Management's LICs - WAM Active and WAM Capital - which also have stakes in CTD, hold the stock in the top 20 holdings respectively. "We are ...

ASIC releases new ETP guide amid booming market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
... 398 ETPs trading on the ASX, eclipsing the size and number of other investment vehicles like listed investment companies (LICs) and listed investment trusts (LITs) that have $55.6 billion in asset under management (AUM) and AREITs which have $192 billion ...

Diversa winds up struggling super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... accounts through its platform, with an investment menu of managed funds, ASX-listed shares, cash, term deposits, and ETFs and LICs. According to APRA statistics from June end, the fund is home to just 420 member accounts and a collective $86 million ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association's (SIAA) 2025 conference, experts working across listed investment companies (LICs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took aim at managed fund fee structures. During a "debate" over ETFs versus LICs ...

Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... experienced a drastic net decline - the lowest in over a decade. According to the ASX, there were 210 new listings, excluding LICs, in 2021. However, this dropped to 94 in 2022, followed by 38 in 2023 and 28 in 2024. Furthermore, 400 companies delisted ...

ASIC tiptoes around private markets intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... IPOs experienced a drastic net decline - the lowest in over a decade. In 2021, there were 210 new listings that excluded LICs. However, this dropped to 94 in 2022, followed by 38 in 2023 and 28 in 2024, according to the ASX. Furthermore, 400 companies ...

Local investors continue to flock to ETFs: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2023
... vehicle, with the lion's share favouring them over other options such as actively managed funds and listed investment companies (LICs), which were liked by a negligible sum of respondents. "This year has further shown the resilience and popularity of ...
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