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Aussie small-cap fund returns 40%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 MAR 2022
... Australian Companies Fund delivered the best result of 21.7% p.a. Bennelong came second and third place for its Australian Equities Fund (19.5% p.a.) and Concentrated Australian Equities Fund (19.2% p.a.). The comparable benchmark, the S&P ASX 200 Accumulation ...

Schroders launches new fund, wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... a tracking error limit. The composite benchmark is an equally weighted blend of MSCI All Country World, Ex-Australia, Equities Index and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Bond Index, Schroders said, to match the risk profile of the YFYS benchmark. ...

Boutique fund manager names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... head of data analytics. Inifer previously worked as the head of retail for Allan Gray Australia, while Oldham was an equities investment analyst for Equity Trustees.

Vanguard suspends trading in Russian securities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... the foreseeable future". As such, it will make no new investments in Russia or Belarus sovereign or corporate debt, or equities. At the time, Franklin Templeton had less than 0.5% of assets under management at a firm level in Russia and Belarus. It also ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... data on gender diversity in all workplaces with more than 100 employees in Australia. Thanks to this data, Australian equities or private equity investors could be applying a more detailed gender lens to their investments than what is possible in countries ...

Switch to value could hurt super: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
The negative returns for equities in January may not have been the biggest problem for super funds, with the size of the value premium seen posing a significant risk to investors with actively managed growth style portfolios. Latest analysis from Rainmaker ...

Super funds drop Russian assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... separate to the current sanctions. "As such, we have been underweight the benchmark in Russia within our emerging market equities asset class and at an overall Fund level have very limited exposure (around 0.10% of total assets). This will continue to ...

Learn to live with inflation: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
... Investment Institute shared its thoughts on how to thrive in a 'new market regime', including the outlook for equities and inflation. According to the global investment institute, the global economy is currently entering a new market regime unlike ...

MSCI, FTSE Russell drop Russia from indexes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAR 2022
Both MSCI and FTSE Russell have moved to drop Russian equities from their indexes and reclassify the country, citing accessibility requirements. The index providers announced their decisions yesterday, to take effect next week. MSCI said the MSCI Russia ...

Online investor numbers continue to climb: Investment Trends

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2022
An in-depth study of the attitudes and preferences of online equities and ETF investors in Australia reveals that the number of online investors significantly increased in the second half of 2021, albeit at a slower pace than the year prior. Investment ...