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Investment consultants launch net zero scheme

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... Further to this, NZICI will be helping clients to prioritise real economy emissions reductions and assess and monitor asset managers on the integration of climate risks and opportunities in their investment decisions and stewardship. The commitments ...

ASX eyes a bigger slice of fixed income active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... "This will benefit active managers because typically the rules -- as they were -- were typically thinking about asset managers that were looking to replicate an index." The exchange will also consider ETF applications from private debt funds, which in ...

Tim Wilson grills NAB on super ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... conversations between super fund trustees and banks like NAB, McEwan pointed out most conversations would happen with asset managers which funds allocate investment mandates to, or occasionally with super fund chief investment officers. "To date, I have ...

ECP Asset Management adds to team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
... of expertise to the team. "The firm has been experiencing strong growth in recent months as investors seek out asset managers who offer exposure to high quality investment opportunities," Pohl said. "Our long-term approach to investing is increasingly ...

Fidelity moves into SMAs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... Praemium's head of investment managers & governance Damian Cilmi said. "As one of the largest, most experienced global asset managers, Fidelity International recognises the importance of offering managed account solutions to meet the diversified and ...

Mergers don't always lead to scale benefits: Barry

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... it happen," Barry said. "It involves some very hard negotiations and tough conversations with fund managers and asset managers." Barry noted that these negotiations have to happen in good faith as a super fund may approach a fund manager that has created ...

The next 20 years in Aussie ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2021
... ETF industry in the years to come. Macdonald joined State Street earlier this year from KPMG, and now works with asset managers in Asia Pacific with a focus on State Street's ETF servicing solutions -- essentially providing the behind-the-scenes ...

Funds valued illiquid asset correctly: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 AUG 2021
... mortgage, infrastructure, private equity, private debt and hedge funds. Early last year, super funds and other asset managers copped flak for how they valued their illiquid investments. ASIC deputy chair Karen Chester said over 2.5 million investors ...

Super ASX dominance trends down: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2021
... comment on the inquiry, however a global perspective published by the investment giant in December 2020 argued that asset managers of scale offer value to investors, businesses and society by injecting capital into the businesses that drive the economy. ...

First Sentier launches infrastructure fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2021
... they are real goals with timelines and government support. Our strategy aligns with investors' expectations that asset managers need to play a more active role to support this shift." The fund is managed using an active, bottom-up process of stock selection ...