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Chief economist update: Lock us down Scotty!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
Think your 30-50% year-to-date loss in your equity portfolio is bad? Just wait until all buyers disappear, consumed by a tiny speck of micro-organism. Remember Murphy's Law? "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". Monetary and Keynesian stimulus ...

Hamish Douglass remains confident amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... in the world; just doing what we did a decade ago is not going to work in the future." He believes the global equity portfolio is well positioned to weather the spreading pandemic. "Our portfolio holds few or no investments across industries that are ...

VicSuper hits sustainability target early

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... their retirement savings support the SDG goals, including a dollar contribution on each SDG across the fund's equity portfolio and several assets, such as low carbon equities and solar. VicSuper chief executive Michael Dundon said that as community expectations ...

Research budgets shrink at UK asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Asset managers in the United Kingdom have shrunk their research budgets by up to 30% but are delivering millions in benefits to investors, according to the UK financial authority's review of MiFID II. The Financial Conduct Authority yesterday published ...

AllianceBernstein wins industry fund mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... climate outcomes and it also provides a deeper analysis of the climate related risks in our broader Australian equity portfolio." AllianceBernstein chief investment officer - Australian equities Roy Maslen said the investment by NGS was a positive step ...

Whitehelm launches infrastructure fund locally

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
The $4.9 billion investment manager launched an Australian-domiciled version of its global infrastructure fund. Whitehelm Capital's Europe-based Listed Core Infrastructure Fund is now available as an Australian-domiciled investment option for the ...

Patersons launches first SMAs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... our fundamental ideal of meeting client expectations," Wigzell said. The two new SMAs are the Australian Core Equity portfolio and Australian Income Portfolio. The SMAs are positioned as a lower cost investment option than most advised managed accounts ...

Super fund awards Aussie equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2019
... State Super allocated the funds to Omega's smart beta-plus strategy, complementing its existing Australian equity portfolio. Omega joins the likes of Pendal, Maple-Brown Abbott, Lazard Asset Management and BlackRock, according to State Super's ...

Superannuation fund tweaks fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Christian Super, the $1.5 billion superannuation fund, will be making changes to its fee structures following a comprehensive review. As part of the new Protecting Your Super legislative requirements effective July 1, the fixed administration fee will ...

Robeco wins super fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
Global fund manager Robeco has won an enhanced indexing strategy mandate from a $1.5 billion superannuation fund. Christian Super selected Robeco to manage a $100 million mandate that focuses on an enhanced indexing equities strategy. The strategy is ...