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QSuper bets on US recovery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JAN 2022
... executive Charles Woodhouse said the investments give the fund exposure to e-commerce. The fund is of the view that due to the "Amazon phenomena" and changing consumer behaviours, e-commerce will continue to boom, with online sales estimated to account ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... per annum while its benchmark achieved 16.4% p.a. Some of the top holdings the managed fund invests in include Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Apple, L'Oreal and Taiwan Semiconductor. The fund excludes investing in companies involved in tobacco, semi-automatic ...

Pendal brings Global Select Fund to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... to most other global equities strategies, namely in that it currently doesn't hold any FAANG stocks and has never held Amazon or Netflix. The fund is managed by Chris Lees and Nudgem Richyal and has been for 17 years. It was originally developed by the ...

GROW Inc ramps up cybersecurity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2021
... superannuation business. Tracer Cloud and GROW Inc worked together to implement Fortinet's cybersecurity solution on Amazon Web Services' cloud-computing platform. GROW chief technology officer David Baxter said the partnership meant that GROW ...

VGI Partners global LIC posts 25.6% returns

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2021
... It also had 11 short positions, with net equity exposure of 89%. The portfolio stood at $999 million at July end, with Amazon, Mastercard, Cie Financiere Richemont SA, CME Group and Pinterest among the biggest long holdings. It has initiated a new long ...

Boutique manager names head of distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... established Swell AM in 2014, offering the Swell Global Portfolio, which invests in global equities such as Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon and Netflix. The fund targets high-net-worth investors, requiring a minimum investment of $500,000. It has about $88.3 ...

Hyperion ETF goes live

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... 40.6% against the benchmark performance of 8.2%. The fund holds a 40% weighting in technology stocks including Square, Amazon, PayPal and ServiceNow. It also benefited from its holding in Tesla. Hyperion believes its 25 holdings have predictable earnings ...

Active funds quell passive flows

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... investors are all-in on market bubbles and market crashes alike." Glyn warned that the rise of mega-caps like Apple and Amazon has increased absolute risk for passive investors, even if a fund continues to mirror the market perfectly. Calastone's ...

Northern Trust boosts whole office strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2021
... focused on multi-asset class transaction capture, enhanced position data synchronization and reconciliation, hosted on Amazon Web Services. Global head of thinkFolio at IHS Markit Brett Schechterman said the firm is looks forward to matching thinkFolio's ...

PGIM invests in property VC fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
... industrial, residential and built-to-rent. It currently has 15 investments that include CarbonCure, which is backed by the Amazon Climate Pledge Fund and Bill Gates' Breakthrough Energy Ventures. PGIM Real Estate managing director and global head of ...