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CFS launches low cost geared index options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Colonial First State (CFS) has today launched two new geared index options through its $109 billion FirstChoice platform, giving investors leveraged exposure to local and global markets. The first passively managed geared investment options to be offered ...

State Super sets net zero targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
State Super is committing to an ambitious net zero target, which includes reducing greenhouse gas emissions across its portfolio by 45% come 2030. In a plan formulated with TCorp and Mercer, State Super is looking to achieve net zero status across its ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... Australian investors are becoming increasingly interested in actively managed ETFs." "And it's not hard to understand why. Active ETFs are simple to access, and you can buy and sell units in the fund via your broker or licensed adviser in the same way ...

AustralianSuper sells to Dutch pension fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
The nation's largest super fund offloaded a share of its interest in Ausgrid to the Netherlands' dominant pension provider. AustralianSuper sold 16.8% of its interest in the electricity distributor to APG Asset Management, the investment manager of ...

Do inflows follow performance?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... stand out due to extremely highs or lows," Rainmaker noted. As an example, Rainmaker cites Australian equities small cap active funds which saw an average return of 3.3% in the 12 months to September 2020. The highest return was 24.6% and the lowest ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
... QSuper/Sunsuper, Rest, TelstraSuper, UniSuper, and Vision Super are amongst those named and shamed. In contrast, the report noted that Active Super, Australian Ethical, Christian Super, Crescent Wealth, Future Super and Verve Super have already divested ...

LIC appoints former Wallaby as director

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
A former Wallaby has joined the board of a Wilson Asset Management listed investment company. WAM Active (WAA) named Simon Poidevin as a director, replacing Emma Rugge Price, who served in the role for nearly four years. Poidevin spent 14 years at Citigroup ...

Majority of Aussie fund categories underperform: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... overall showed weak performance persistence in top-performing funds across three- and five-year periods. While comparing active funds against their respective benchmark indices is a typical practice to evaluate their performance, S&P said persistence ...

EG swoops in on Forza industrial assets

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... expiry of 5.52 years leased to a variety of industrial, office and recreational use tenants. Both properties benefited from active management, whereby Forza substantially increased the passing income, improved the quality of the tenancy mix and extended ...

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... The strategy uses a values-based exclusion list and includes voting and engagement, which will be carried out by Robeco's Active Ownership team. "With increasing demand for sustainable investing solutions, launching a fund offering Australian investors ...