Legg Mason funds added to Macquarie Wrap

Published by Money Management – 13th Nov 2018

Two Legg Mason global funds, the Legg Mason QS Investors Global Equity Fund and the Legg Mason Western Asset Global Bond Fund, are now available on Macquarie Wrap.

Published by Fund Selector Asia – 12th Nov 2018

One of the products is Asia-focused, which has fewer peer fund competitors than other high yield funds for sale in the region.

Published by Money Management – 12 Nov 2018

Insight Investment has launched a country rating model to explore how environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors affect sovereign debt portfolios.

Published by Money Management – 9th Nov 2018

Lonsec Research has upgraded Platypus Asset Management’s Australian Equity Fund to “recommended”.

Published by Money Management – 9th Nov 2018

Antipodes Partners has launched an active exchange-traded fund for its global equity strategy.

Published by Fund Selector Asia – 8th Nov 2018

In 2018, various firms have submitted eight applications to China’s securities regulator to sell their funds in the mainland.

Published by Money Management – 8th Nov 2018

Pendal Group has posted a 17 per cent rise in cash profit to $201.6 million for fiscal 2018, a result which the asset manager formerly known as BT Investment Management said represented six years of uninterrupted growth in funds under management (FUM).

Published by Money Management – 7th Nov 2018

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has earmarked late 2019 for completing the demerger of its wealth assets – Colonial First State, Count Financial, Financial Wisdom and Aussie Home Loans – after it today released a September quarter trading update revealing an unaudited statutory net profit of $2.45 billion.

Published by Money Management  – 6th Nov 2018

Fidelity International has announced the launch of its first active exchange-traded fund (ETF) in Australia, the Fidelity Global Emerging Markets Fund (FEMX).