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Top three drive ETF surge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... among younger investors starting out their investing journey. Over the course of 2021, 33 funds launched, 13 of which were active ETFs. However, passive products captured most of the flows at 92%. There is still some way to go to for mainstream adoption ...

Munro launches fund on ASX

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
Munro Partners and GSFM have launched the Munro Climate Change Leaders Fund on the ASX under ticker MCCL. It is the second ASX quoted fund launched by Munro and GSFM. It is an actively managed fund investing primarily in a concentrated long only portfolio ...

American Century introduces small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
American Century has launched a global small-cap fund targeting Australian wholesale investors. The American Century Global Small Cap Fund is actively managed, investing in companies operating in developed and emerging countries. It tracks the MSCI ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... "There is a dramatic and ongoing increase in the use of various ESG-related investment practices, including ESG integration, active engagement, exclusions, impact investment and more," bfinance said. "The proportion of insurers involved in active engagement ...

Australian billionaires double fortunes during pandemic: Oxfam

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
The wealth of Australia's 47 billionaires has doubled to $255 billion in the last two years, according to anti-poverty charity Oxfam. A briefing published today by Oxfam, Inequality Kills, has warned of the deadly nature of the world's growing ...

Strongest quarter for BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... reached new highs. We generated US $540 billion of net inflows in 2021, including an industry leading US$267 billion of active net inflows," chief executive Larry Fink said. The $540 billion of inflows represents 6% organic asset growth and 11% organic ...

Cbus to launch new investment options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... to access a low-cost Indexed Diversified option through Cbus for the first time. The fund said it remains committed to active management, but the introduction of the indexed option is a response to growing demand in the market for very low-cost passive ...

New global chief for William Blair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
William Blair appointed a new chief executive to lead the global financial services firm in its next phase of growth. Brent Gledhill, most recently the firm's president, took the post this month. He succeeds John Ettelson, who moved to the role ...

Aware Super leads on climate action: IGCC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JAN 2022
... found that the "power hitters" in the ESG space include Australian Ethical, Cbus, AustralianSuper, Aware Super, HESTA, Active Super and UniSuper. Yet too many are not transparent with their ESG initiatives or are waiting for the regulator to step in. ...

Global equities ETPs reap benefits of conversion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... research. Unit trusts on the other hand had 198 vehicles with about $110 billion of assets. On a net funds flow basis, active international equities unlisted unit trusts lost 4% ($3.5bn) over 12 months and 15% ($13.2bn) over three years. Not all the ...