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Climate change-focused fund introduced

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Aviva Investors has launched a climate-change related fund that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index ...

S&P to buy competitor for $60bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
S&P Global will spend about $60 billion in stock to buy data and analytics provider IHS Markit, with the two merging by 2021 end. S&P and IHS Markit have entered a definitive merger agreement that is unanimously approved by both their boards and are ...

Aussies won't top-up ERS losses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... essentials like bills and groceries. About 17% said they would top up their mortgage and 16% said they would invest in the stock market. Of the 16% who want to invest their stimulus cash, 41% wanted to buy Australian shares and 40% were interested in ...

AMP Capital drops fees on listed property fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
AMP Capital has dropped the management fee its $126 million Listed Property Trusts Fund by 18 bps. The fund, which invests in REITs and stocks of real estate related sectors, is dropping from 0.97% per year in management fees to 0.79% per year. The ...

Finance is least ethical sector: Governance Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... superannuation funds remain the most ethical among organisations up 9% to 41% followed by independent superannuation funds at 28%, stock exchanges at 29% while investment banks scored 6% up from -10% and life insurance companies came in at 1%, up from ...

HNW platform adds Europe ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Stropro is offering wholesale investors access to a Societe Generale indexed strategy that includes 43 companies expected to benefit from Europe's transition to cleaner energy. The unlisted strategy's holdings include Siemens, Schneider Electric, and ...

Lendlease CFO leaves for competitor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
An $11 billion market cap property giant has hired Lendlease's chief financial officer as its next chief executive and managing director. Stockland has named Tarun Gupta to the role, effective 1 June 2021. Gupta succeed Mark Steinert who has held the ...

Zurich launches new fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Zurich Investments has launched a new fund based on the structural changes that will change the way we live over the next decade. The Global Thematic Focus Fund will consist of three to six high conviction investment themes with a portfolio of 35 to ...

Chief economist update: Dow 30 thousand

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... 5.3% this year to date but those who've been "greedy when others were fearful" now sit at a 61.6% increase in their stock portfolio. This is because with interest rates so low, TINA (there is no alternative) comes into play and lifts upward momentum ...

US analysts fail to add value

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... Azvevedo and Sebastian Muller found evidence that analyst recommendations in the US are not positively associated with future stock prices. To make matters worse, the study also found evidence that US analysts contribute to mispricing as their recommendations ...