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New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... Fund announced the $14 billion global passive equity portfolio will employ a low-carbon methodology, exiting active investment in companies including Genesis Energy and NZ Oil and Gas. This, according to fund chief executive Adrian Orr, makes the fund ...

ACSI urges investor action on slavery, warns of financial risks

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2017
The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is urging the Federal Government to introduce laws requiring companies to report on the steps they are taking to ensure supply chains are free of slavery. This, according to ACSI, will enable increased ...

QIC calls out unnecessary risk fears

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
... inherent in government and corporate bonds, and looks at how smart investors can use this knowledge as part of an active investment strategy. The paper also looks at misconceptions surrounding bond risk premiums, which include their nuances and behaviour ...

Merger creates active management behemoth

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
The recommended all-share merger of two international active investment managers will create an entity worth more than $1 trillion in assets. Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management have agreed to the terms of the merger, whereby Aberdeen and Standard ...

Passive is a Faustian bargain: Ariel CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... amount of value. On top of this, Bhansali dismissed the conventional wisdom about the virtues of passive versus active investment, arguing that "going passive is an active decision" from an asset allocation perspective, because it involves "timing the ...

Fidante creates small-cap boutique

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2017
... management Ian Saines welcomed the partnership adding "Fidante Partners has a great history supporting boutique, active investment managers." Fidante Partners is Challenger's funds management arm. For the past 12 years, Dougherty and Donohue worked at ...

Vanguard introduces low-cost active funds

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
Vanguard Australia is now offering three quantitative low-cost active funds as part of an expansion to its product offering. The three new funds: Vanguard Global Quantitative Equity Fund; Vanguard Global Value Equity Fund; and Vanguard Global Minimum ...

US pension fund extends tobacco divestment

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... investment committee Henry Jones said: "CalPERS has a fiduciary duty to conduct a periodic review of all of our active investment restrictions to ensure that they remain appropriate." "There is no doubt that divestment as an investment strategy presents ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
The NZ Super Fund returned 1.89% (after costs, before NZ tax) in the year to 30 June 2016. Performance was hampered by negative returns in global equities but the investment committee was still able to add value versus the passive reference portfolio ...

New board members, partnership for BondAdviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... has also partnered with Baillieu Holst to provide its adviser networks with direct access to bond research and active investment recommendations. Launched in 2015, BondAdviser is an independent research service that delivers timely information and clear ...