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BlackRock to buy equity index firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... making a bigger play for wealthy investors, offering them a more personalised strategy with the acquisition of an equity index business for US$1.05 billion. BlackRock is set to acquire investment manager Aperio, which provides customised index equity ...

AMP Capital drops fees on listed property fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... after fees. The year ending September has been better, with 8.61% outperformance to the S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT Accumulation Index. AMP Capital's retail funds lineup has seen many changes this year. Earlier his month, it shut a 19-year old sustainable share ...

Finance is least ethical sector: Governance Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
The financial services sector has had the highest improvement on an ethics index despite still receiving the lowest score of all sectors, new research shows. Governance Institute of Australia's fifth annual Ethics Index 2020 ranked the banking ...

HNW platform adds Europe ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... that the firm expects to benefit from the climate-friendly policy focus over the next decade. "The SG European Green Deal index has returned 38% so far this year and over 52% in 2019. Each of the 43 stocks in the index have direct exposure to the sectors ...

Nabtrade brokerage to support rural youth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... the second highest score for the banking and financial services sector in Australia in the 2020 Dow Jones Sustainability Index. NAB scored strongly in priority areas such as climate strategy, financial inclusion and corporate citizenship and philanth ...

Retail superannuation funds grilled on member priorities

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
A parliamentary inquiry has again cast doubt over retail superannuation funds' ability to put the best financial interests of members ahead of profit and shareholders. The most recent Standing Committee on Economics into super heard instances of ...

SSGA names global investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... chief investment officer since 2016 when she joined the firm. Based in Boston, Heinel will oversee the full spectrum of index funds and ETFs on offer, leading an investment team of more than 600 globally, including the Australian team. Heinel previously ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
New research from Morningstar has attempted to wade through the greenwashing in funds management based on managers' overall commitment - with some surprising results. The research looked at more than 100 strategies and 40 asset managers to provide ...

Aussie dividends lag on global stage

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... the weakest results coming from Australia, the UK, and the Netherlands, according to Janus Henderson. The Global Dividend Index revealed Australian dividends suffered one of the biggest drops in the world as a result of the steep cuts made by banks ...

Which longevity product yields the highest income?

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The report modelled average annual retirement income from three types of longevity products for retirement income. Here's what came out on top. It found allocating 100% of retirement assets to a group self-annuity starting at 67 would yield the best ...