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Pension plan sued for expensive, active strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... alleges a major pension plan exposed members to risky, expensive actively-managed investments instead of allocating to safer passive options. The complaint, filed against Coca-Cola Consolidated by its former employees and several law firms, alleges that ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... fund's goal of net zero emissions by 2050 by excluding the highest carbon emitters. By creating the benchmarks, Aware's passive and systematic investment managers can implement their strategies in line with lower carbon emissions. The benchmarks were ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... that run afoul of ethical and environmental standards," Morningstar said. "In practice, the screens of Vanguard's ESG passive strategies do not differentiate the funds from their broader universes as much as peers that explicitly integrate ESG criteria ...

AustralianSuper net-zero promise flawed: MarketForces

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... medium-term decarbonisation targets," MarketForces said, which also took note of the fund confirming it has no active (but still passive) investments in thermal coal companies. Eight of the largest 40 super funds now exclude investment in thermal coal ...

Channel Capital in management buyout

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... The Sydney multi-boutique is bidding farewell to its minority equity partner Highbury Partnership, as it enlists a new passive investor to bring ownership back to the management. Highbury invested about $15 million in Channel Capital in 2017 when the ...

Insight Investment Australia grows team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 2 NOV 2020
... clients on currency and equity risk management solutions. Ereira spent 15 years at Principal Global Investors as head of passive currency and chief dealer, before moving on to found Cerca FX Consulting. In between the two positions he spent a year in ...

New super benchmarking flawed: Rice Warner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... mitigate the risks of underperformance against a nominated benchmark." Rice Warner predicted many funds will then become passive on Australian shares to an extent that is not optimal. "Surviving funds will be large and many won't be able to deviate much ...

Future Fund slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
The Future Fund is paying less in fund management fees as it pivots toward more passive investment strategies. During the last financial year, the fund paid $224.7 million to external investment managers, nearly a quarter (23%) less than the total payout ...

AMP awards mandate to BlackRock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
BlackRock has won a passive investment strategy mandate from AMP New Zealand for an undisclosed amount. AMP's subsidiary AMP New Zealand Wealth Management (NZWM) has awarded the mandate to BlackRock Investment Management to deliver the new indexed ...

Industry fund launches new passive options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... investment options to offer members a wider range of low cost options. Effective October 8, the super fund now offers three passive options: Indexed Balanced, Australian Shares (Indexed) and International Shares (Indexed). With an investment fee of just ...