SMAs battle platforms for right to squeeze manager margins

Naoumidis admits that the SMART Funds will benefit from the lobbying already done by Perpetual Investments on behalf of its WealthFocus Investment Advantage platform, which gained an ATO tax ruling which will allow investors to switch between 76 underlying funds without crystallising any capital gains tax. Naoumidis will seek a similar ruling.

 

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Canada establishes new SWF amidst global push for nation-building investment

Canada has established its first national-level sovereign wealth fund with a seed of C$25 billion to underwrite “nation-building” projects like ports, mines and energy infrastructure. In an unusual funding mechanism, the fund will issue a retail product that will allow individual investors to invest with the SWF and “participate in Canada’s growth”.

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