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BetaShares launches Australian ESG fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... the BetaShares Global Sustainability Leader ETF (ETHI). Investing in 100 global climate change leaders across developed markets, excluding Australia, the ETHI only invests in companies that are more than 60% more carbon efficient than its industry's ...

ESG and emerging markets investment continues rise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... research shows smart beta was outshone by ESG which is becoming increasingly relevant outside of the traditional developed markets; a trend further driven by resurged interest in emerging markets. Of all new equity manager selection projects over the ...

Investment boutique adds global SMA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... SMA. Available via Powerwrap, the Global Growth Model is a concentrated portfolio of up to 25 global stocks in developed markets - primarily the US, Europe and UK - selected using PPM's stock selection approach. The approach uses three core concepts ...

Equity income boutique enters retail market

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
... retiree-friendly with lower volatility. The fund's underlying portfolio is based on the semi-active Morningstar Developed Markets Ex Australia Wide Moat Index. Companies comprising the index must be able to generate excess economic returns for an extended ...

Not so happy EOFY for the All Ords

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2017
... outperformance ends. Its relative performance in the first six months of 2017 (0.8%) doesn't even come close to developed markets' return of 4.6% and 7.8% for emerging markets. The same holds true for EOFY 2016-17 where the All Ordinaries index's gain ...

Distribution reshapes globalisation: Capital Group

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... and then sold it. Version 2.0 was multi-nationals realising that emerging markets tastes were different from developed markets, and so products were built accordingly. Version 3.0 flips or reverses the previous two whereby products are designed and built ...

IFM Investors and Samsung partner for infrastructure fund

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2017
... with IFM in a time when the global infrastructure market is expected to grow. "With ageing infrastructure in developed markets needing replacement, and tougher regulations on environment; as well as increasing demand for infrastructure in emerging countries ...

ANZ launches global technology ETF

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 11 APR 2017
... global technology exchange traded fund. The ANZ ETFS Morningstar Global Technology ETF will track the Morningstar Developed Markets Technology Moat Focus Index, currently comprised of 32 stocks, including some of the world's largest listed technology ...

Findex assigns Aussie equities mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAR 2017
... team includes former UBS chief economist Steve Roberts and Gerard Minack, who was previously head of global developed markets strategy for the entire Morgan Stanley Group. "Financial planners and their clients need specialists to manage their clients' ...

Pzena grows local team

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... Australian pooled vehicles, the Pzena Emerging Markets Value Fund late last year, and the impending launch of a developed markets fund, he is joining our firm at a time when both the scale and scope of the opportunity for Pzena in Australia and New Zealand ...