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Abrdn launches new strategy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... during volatility sparked by the pandemic, the GRM Strategy returned +34.62%. "Returns have been plentiful over the past decade as policymakers have kept interest rates low while at the same time injecting liquidity into financial markets. But economic ...

Default MySuper fees drop to 1%: Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... less than $30 billion a year in fees after a year of reductions across not-for-profit and retail super funds. In the last decade, super fees have fallen by a quarter, with about half of the action taking place in the last three years alone. Six in 10 ...

New mining head at Goldman Sachs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2021
... as an investment banking analyst covering metals and mining and has consistently focussed on the sector for more than a decade. "During his time in Australia, Gavi has helped lead numerous milestone transactions for our most important natural resources ...

Montgomery adds to global strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
Montgomery Investment Management is adding another fund from US-based Polen Capital to its Australian and New Zealand offering. The Polen Capital Global Small and Mid Cap Fund will be available to investors on October 21 following the partnership between ...

BlackRock names APAC wealth lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 OCT 2021
A former Westpac executive has joined BlackRock to lead its wealth division for Asia Pacific. BlackRock appointed Guilherme Lima to the position of Asia Pacific head of wealth, responsible for developing strategies for wealth management, private banks ...

Super system "frayed": Hume

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
Minister for financial services Jane Hume said that the superannuation system in Australia has frayed edges in need of repairs, during a speech at the World Pension Summit 2021. "And while it's a system that wears three decades of alternations and add-ons ...

UniSuper net zero efforts accelerated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2021
... proportion of UniSuper's direct property portfolio that's managed by AMP Capital become carbon neutral almost a decade ahead of target. AMP Capital signed the agreement with SmartestEnergy, a commercial and industrial energy provider which is ...

Stewart Investors launches fund, drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 OCT 2021
Stewart Investors is bringing its Worldwide Leaders Sustainability Fund to retail investors, with significantly lower fees. Management fees on the fund will be 0.45%, down from 1.15%. The fund manager said the reduction is made possible by years of ...

GMO launches local climate fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co (GMO) has launched a new Australian investment trust for wholesale investors, with a climate change focus. The GMO Climate Change Trust will provide Australian investors with access to GMO's existing Climate Change ...

Regulation, industry to curb greenwashing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
The funds management industry, along with policymakers, must improve classifications of sustainable funds to prevent greenwashing, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The IMF's Global Financial Stability Report said that $20 trillion ...