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Yarra recruits BTFM specialist

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... capabilities. "We are delighted to welcome Tim to the team as we continue to grow Yarra as one of Australia's leading, independent active fund managers," Yarra managing director Edward Eason said. "He has a demonstrated track record in building strong ...

Schroders launches new fund, wins mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
... alternatives benchmark, responding to demand from a government super fund now invested in the strategy. The Schroder Global Active Allocation Fund for institutional investors is a multi-asset portfolio focused on outperforming the YFYS benchmark applied ...

AustralianSuper announces joint venture

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
AustralianSuper has announced a new joint venture with British Land, which will see the two partner on the Canada Water Masterplan. British Land sold 50% of its stake in Canada Water Masterplan to AustralianSuper for £290 million. Following the completion ...

Vanguard suspends trading in Russian securities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... the vast majority being in index funds. Still, purchasing of Russian securities across internally and externally managed active funds has been suspended and Vanguard is "actively working to further reduce out exposure to Russia and exit the positions ...

Direct indexing: The next evolution?

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... customisation and control. Of course, this strategy isn't for everyone. To critics, direct indexing is an attempt to rebrand active investing or SMAs, just to extract higher fees than most ETFs charge. For others, it may be exactly the solution they've ...

Switch to value could hurt super: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... significantly underperform, they could not only suffer savage outflows, but their funds under management could be lost to active managers altogether," Rainmaker said. "That is, FUM within these products is likely to shift to indexed products, most probably ...

Member contributions lift super assets to $3.5tn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... December 2021 quarterly figures reveal that 6788 funds were set up and only 163 shut down, leaving a net total of 601,906 active SMSFs at the end of the year. Cryptocurrency is gaining prominence among SMSFs as some $227 million is allocated to this ...

Value strategy drags Clime's performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... funds management team continues to reposition the portfolios to benefit from this investing environment where value-based active investing will be well rewarded," she said. Total net profit of $445,434 for the group was down by nearly 50% from $865,010 ...

ESG funding booms in Australia: Calastone

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... management is still dwarfed by traditional categories, so there is a lot of headroom to grow further, which is good news for active fund managers." "ESG funds also tend to invest globally, so the ESG boom in Australia is likely to boost the international ...

Biggest ever super merger completes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... of both portfolios and the other thing that has been central to both portfolios is a belief that you don't pay for active management where you believe it's hard to extract skill, because then you are paying for index-like returns," he explained. ...