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Spirit Super farewells chair, names successor

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
Naomi Edwards will depart the fund after 12 years on the board, to be replaced by investment and superannuation veteran Maria Wilton. Edwards was Tasplan's chair since 2011, continuing in the role following its merger with MTAA Super. Edwards' ...

Hopes for action at "implementation" COP27

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... pressure is coming onto financial institutions to take action independent of governments de-risking, to achieve those real-world outcomes and I don't know that that's realistic." Janus Henderson Investors sustainability analyst Amarachi Seery ...

J.P. Morgan enters local ETF market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... active ETF to reach US$13 billion and has seen US$3.5 billion in net new assets in Q3 alone. Meanwhile, JREG tracks the MSCI World while also leveraging J.P. Morgan's global research capabilities, which the company pumps US$150 million into each ...

Complacency the biggest risk to retirement: Forum

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
The biggest threat to retirement portfolios could be complacency, Vertium Asset Management chief investment officer Jason Teh has told the Financial Standard Best Practice Forum on Retirement Income. Speaking at today's event, Teh warned bull markets ...

Women-led global equities teams outperform in downturn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... portfolios run by women recorded a median return of -2.6% compared to a -5.9% return by male-led teams. "The MSCI All-Country World index was down 25.3% through September 2022 and women led portfolio management teams have done a markedly better job against ...

Forget BRICs: Skerryvore

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... constituents of these markets will need to be redefined, by both the investment community and the broader index providers. "The world is at a really interesting place at the moment, in that everybody's always thought that emerging markets will become ...

Australians worry about retirement - and maybe they should

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Retirement is overwhelmingly concerning Australians, with a nationally representative Finder survey showing over 12 million people harbour longevity risk worries. The survey said 28% of respondents don't think they'll have enough super to stop ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... pension plan assets we manage in the United States, as well as retirement plans serving more than 60 million people around the world." Fink said he believed that voting choices can empower more asset owners to have a deeper and more direct connection ...

Pendal reports underlying profit up 17%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
Pendal Group's underlying profit after tax grew 17% to $194.2 million in the 2022 financial year. Statutory net profit after tax was down 32% to $112.8 million, impacted by mark-to-market movements on seed investments. Underlying earnings per share ...

Cbus overhauls climate change reporting

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... change in reporting for portfolio emissions that sees the fund's reported emissions reductions restated to reflect real-world outcomes. The fund will focus on "real world" reductions to hit its target and has changed its reporting to reflect fluctuations ...