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NGS Super sets up impact committee

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... look at its internal practices and implement more sustainable solutions to curb its negative impact on the environment. "Overall, we want to make a positive impact with every dollar that we spend," Wright said. NGS currently discloses how its equities ...

AMP adds competitors to platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2020
... inflows and sales ended 2019 down significantly. The entire life insurance sector in Australia suffered a 24.2% hit to overall annual sales in 2019. AMP suffered the most of all the insurers Plan For Life looked at, with a 63.8% drop in risk sales in ...

Major life insurers continue to suffer

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2020
... remained relatively stable with a 0.8% increase. However, perhaps most concerning for the sector was the 24.2% hit it took to overall annual sales. AMP suffered the most thanks to a 63.8% drop in risk sales compared with the year prior, with BT and Westpac ...

The ingredients of a successful fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... successful managers that do not align with the above and unsuccessful ones that mirror the ideal template," the report reads. "Overall, Zenith believes a team's ideal structure needs to align with its investment philosophy and process."

Class action accuses NAB of super rip-off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... commissions and receiving lower investment returns for periods of time, when they could have been in a cheaper, better overall MySuper product," Maurice Blackburn national head of class actions Andrew Watson said. "This is another regrettable case of ...

Aberdeen head of global equities to leave

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2020
... investment approach will undergo material changes in the near term," Morningstar analyst Michael Malseed said in a note. "Overall, this strategy continues to boast a highly experienced management team and vast analytical resources that help alleviate ...

Chief economist update: Happy New Year rat

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... record -- registered in the January to November period last year. The private sector accounted for the re-acceleration of overall fixed asset investment - its annual growth accelerated to 4.7% from 4.5% in the first 11 months of the year; public investment ...

Shareholder activism on the rise

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... Activists fought in 19 campaigns and deployed US$4.5 billion in capital last year in Japan. European activism decreased overall during 2019, driven by 10 fewer campaigns in the UK. The report notes that activity expanded across France, Germany and Switzerland. ...

Chief economist update: Fundamentally overvalued

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... it's the reverse. The hope is that low interest rates, the Morrison government's recent commitment to spend and the overall reduction in uncertainty and optimism over the global economy would allow Australian economic fundamentals to catch up ...

Index investment soars: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... account for $2.9 trillion in total funds under management. MySuper assets grew by 12.2%, significantly faster than the overall super market. Lifecycle MySuper assets grew 15% while single strategy MySuper assets grew 10%. But the big winner when it comes ...