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CBA Group Super pursues merger with ART

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
... Financial Standard, APRA heatmaps said the bank's MySuper option had significantly poor performance in relation to the benchmark. The fund's total accounts growth rate (three-year average) was also negative (-2.28%). ART chair Andrew Fraser said ...

Value companies to outperform in 2023: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... outlook about the consumer discretionary sector, which had an underwhelming performance on the ASX in 2022, lagging the benchmark by 19%. "The challenging landscape is likely to extend into 2023 for discretionary stocks as household savings continue ...

Super disruptors throw in the towel

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... expense ratio for disruptor superannuation products being 1.15% p.a. was 10% higher than the Rainmaker 2022 MySuper fee benchmark of 1.06% p.a. Their high fees were a symptom of their lack of scale." Those still left standing - Future Super, Virgin Money ...

Alphinity debuts two funds on the ASX

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
... fund manager said. Since launching in June 2021, XASG's underlying fund has returned 2.3% p.a., outperforming the benchmark by 1.1%. In addition to XASG, Alphinity has also listed the actively managed Alphinity Global Equity Fund (XALG). XALG is ...

Federal Reserve increases rates 25bp

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
The US Federal Reserve has increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, the smallest move since March last year. The quarter-point increase shifted rates to 4.75% from 4.5%. In making the announcement the Fed signaled more rate rises could ...

Norwegian wealth fund reports -14.1% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... shed $86 billion. With a return of -14.1% for the year, the fund said it was 0.88 percentage points better than its benchmark index. The fund cited the poor performance of both its equities and fixed income investments, returning -15.3% and -12.1% respectively. ...

From strength to strength: GQG Partners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... index's which fell approximately 18% and 20% in USD terms in 2022. Meanwhile, GQG had an excess return of 12.7% over its benchmark for its Australian global managed fund between January and November 2022. Although it's been communicated to clients ...

BlackRock rethinks fundamental equities, PMs depart

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2023
... severely underperformed since its inception. As at 31 December 2022, the fund's total YTD return was -26.57% against the benchmark - the S&P/ASX300 Industrials Accumulation Ex Top 5 Stocks by Market Cap Gross Index's - return of -13.99%. Since December ...

Australian equities to outperform in 2023: VanEck

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2023
Australian equities are set to battle the bearish storm ahead and outperform global equities this year, according to the fund manager. Recent analysis by VanEck shows Australian equities, as represented by the S&P/ASX 200, was one of the best-performing ...

Aware Super, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America back Xpansiv

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2023
Commodities platform Xpansiv has secured new strategic investors in Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, while Aware Super has deepened its investment. Xpansiv also announced the closing of a $125 million capital raise designed to fuel continued growth ...