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Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... firm created a centralised team of ESG specialists that would supplement the fundamental research conducted by the core equity and fixed-income analyst teams," Morningstar said. "Led by Nicole Connolly and David King, both of whom lacked ESG experience ...

Invesco advances active non-transparent ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... mechanism, tax efficiency and intraday tradability. Invesco also filed for an exemptive order to license Fidelity's active equity ETF methodology in July 2020, which was granted in October 2020. Once the recent application is approved, Invesco plans ...

Off-platform assets consume advisers' time

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... term deposits, ASX-listed shares, ETFs, direct and commercial property, wholesale and retail managed funds, and private equity holdings. Many advisers still administer and report off-platform assets manually, spending almost twice as much time collating ...

BetaShares tinkers with ETF lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... the capitalisation weighted S&P 500, but each company is allocated a fixed weight, thus providing investors seeking U.S. equity exposure with diversification benefits and a less concentrated U.S. equities portfolio," the company said. BetaShares launched ...

AMP Capital bids farewell to active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... overshadowed by Magellan's infrastructure fund (MICH) which launched the next month, and is now the biggest infrastructure equity ETF on the ASX with $662 million in assets at September end. GLIN was the smallest of five products in the category ...

GSFM sizes up ETFs with Munro launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... the end of the day, this is a space we have been eyeing for quite some time. We think there is a dearth of quality global equity product listed on the ASX and Munro can help fill that gap." "Of course we want to do more, but this is our first toe in ...

Morningstar creates chief ratings officer role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... strategies and equities. With more than 17 years at Morningstar, Ptak has served in a number of senior roles. He joined as an equity analyst and moved on to become a director of exchange-traded fund analysis, investment manager, and president and investments ...

Cash no longer king

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
Flows into international and domestic equity ETFs have surged as investors move away from cash, according to Vanguard and the ASX. International equity ETFs had nearly $2 billion of inflows in the September quarter, followed by domestic equity ETFs ...

Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... objectives." VanEck said most financial professionals use smart beta strategies for global equities (77%) and Australian equity (70%) exposure. In addition, the survey found the most popular smart beta strategies used by financial professionals are single ...

Morningstar ratings tally for global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... consideration for benchmark-relative performance. Five funds were upgraded from bronze to silver include AXA IM Sustainable Equity, Barrow Hanley Global Equity Trust, BlackRock Advantage Hedged Intl Equity/ BlackRock Advantage Intl Equity Fund, Dimensional ...