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Perpetual funds down amid market decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... tough market environment for asset managers. Adam said: "Our investment teams deliver very strong relative investment performance, with all but two of our equity funds across Barrow Hanley and our Australian equities team in Perpetual Asset Management ...

Brighter Super simplifies investment menu

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... 2021. Energy Super will officially take on the Brighter Super brand in September. The funds' options were compared on performance, fee structure and management, with those that didn't make the cut to be closed. Brighter Super's Balanced, Stable, Australian ...

Mercer pumps $100m into Perennial Partners strategy

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... which according to the firm is now at $220 million. "It is a key goal of the trust to demonstrate that there is no performance trade-off investing in companies shaping a better future," Cottier said. "Since its inception over four years ago, the Trust ...

Victoria has the best economy - but not by much

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... had annual growth rates that exceeded the national average on all the eight indicators. "In terms of future economic performance, much will depend on how economies are affected by growing COVID-19 case numbers and also how they respond to a period of ...

Net zero commitments in ASX200 companies doubles

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... collective market capitalisation adopting them. Australian Council of Superannuation Investors' Promises, pathways and performance report details climate change disclosures in the ASX 200, revealing the underlying number of companies with net zero commitments ...

PSP Investments names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... Orida said she is deeply honoured to have been appointed. "PSP Investments is a global organisation with a proven performance track-record and a strong talent base. It is a tremendous privilege to be given the opportunity to lead one of Canada's largest ...

Australia's size problem: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
... manager explained that as one of the most concentrated equities markets in the developed world, the lion's share of performance is attributed to mega caps, limiting stock diversification and performance attribution to smaller companies. VanEck's chief ...

Recession a distinct possibility: Natixis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... present market risks. "Key market assumptions for low rates, low inflation and low volatility may have boosted market performance for more than a decade, but since the start of the year that unique confluence of factors has been reset," Natixis said. ...

Consultation on faith-based products opens

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
Treasury has commenced consultation on adjusting how the Your Future, Your Super performance test is applied to faith-based products, releasing draft legislation. Under the legislation, APRA would be allowed to consider the religious affiliation of ...

Darren Black appointed SuperFriend chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... mental health. "Promoting mental health and wellbeing adds value to organisations and positively correlates to their performance," Black said. "In facilitating Australia's largest annual survey for workplace mental health, SuperFriend's Indicators of ...