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Super funds to front committee hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... using the Corporations Act's substantial holding threshold of 5% and considering at least two of the four largest companies in an industry and found no instances of common ownership. "While we consider this threshold to be unrealistic and overly ...

NZ Super Fund delivers 30%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... Zealand investments include stakes in Kaingaroa Timberlands, Kiwibank, Datacom, LabTests, Fidelity Life, and farmland and small-medium size growth companies. Whineray acknowledged the fact that strong performance of global listed equity markets over ...

Tim Wilson grills NAB on super ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... Fancy trying to make it harder for local super funds to invest Australian workers' retirement savings in Australian companies, investments which help local businesses grow and create good local jobs while generating strong returns to members."

HGL relaunches fund to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... ASX. It targets a return of 15% per annum before fees and consistently outperformed the Australian equity market and ASX Small Ords Accumulation index. In the year to 30 June 2021, it returned 38% (after all fees), beating the ASX200 by 15%. The fund ...

Responsible investment sector hits $1.2tn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... 2020 for the three- and five-year time horizons. The report noted that one possible explanation is "companies with mid- and small-market capitalisation, which are included in the S&P/ ASX 300 but not in the Australia Fund Equity Australia Large Blend ...

Stellar year of returns for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... the Bennelong strategy, 16.2% p.a. for the Australian Ethical strategy and 20.2% p.a. for the Hyperion strategy. Aussie small caps funds returned an eye-watering 41% median return for FY21, considerably higher than the three-year median performance of ...

Super, fund manager ASX dominance launches inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... the "this inquiry is urgent". "There is already high concentration of ownership of ASX listed companies by an increasingly small number of 'mega funds' and that trajectory will increase," he said. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission ...

Ethical super could halve carbon footprint

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... and $523,000 (65 years old). "It can sometimes feel like the fate of our planet rests on individual people taking lots of small actions. But instead of just saying no to using harmful products and services, we can also use our money to remove support ...

Royce Investment Partners launches small-cap fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... Investment Partners, a Franklin Templeton subsidiary, is launching in the domestic retail investment market with a global small-cap fund. The Royce Global Small-Cap Premier Fund is an actively managed, unlisted Australian unit trust that will not invest ...

Pendal open to more acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... distribution. But future acquisitions may be smaller. "I've been acquired several times, I've acquired some companies [and] I've been a post-merger integration consultant helping to bring companies together -- so I've seen it from all ...