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Hostplus called out on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... change. AustralianSuper, Aware Super, UniSuper and HESTA all recently committed to divesting thermal coal (some only in active strategies and some only if thermal coal contributes to a certain percentage of company revenue). In fact, six of the 10 largest ...

Investa buys $800m property from Macquarie

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
The Investa Commercial Property Fund (ICPF) has entered a 50/50 joint venture with international financial services group Manulife to acquire an office building in Sydney from Macquarie for $800 million. Investa and Manulife have acquired the right ...

Hyperion makes foray into active ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Hyperion will launch an active ETF on the ASX that will open access to its unlisted global equities strategy. The Hyperion Global Growth Fund (HYGG) is an active ETF set to list in late March. HYGG gives access to the unlisted vehicle the Hyperion Global ...

Global equities continue to soar: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... RMetrics report looked at Australian and global shares across 270 products. On a risk-adjusted basis, the Australian equities active core category delivered a median return of 4.4% per annum for the period - lower than the S&P/ASX200's 5.2% per annum. ...

QIC enters private debt, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... are defensive, stable and broadly uncorrelated with listed equity markets," Jones said. "By providing a leading, skilled, active management approach to private debt, which will include astute asset selection, debt structuring and management, QIC will ...

Vanguard growth ETFs shine

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
Two Vanguard exchange-traded funds have outperformed actively managed wholesale funds in the growth category, new Rainmaker research finds. Vanguard Diversified High Growth Index ETF (VDHG) and Vanguard Diversified Growth Index ETF (VDGR) delivered ...

Natixis launches racial equity strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... Managers has launched a set of portfolios that aim to identify public companies that promote diversity, equity and inclusion. Active Index Advisors (AIA) Racial Equity Portfolios tracks the S&P 500 using research and its proprietary data to invest in ...

ETF industry approaches $100bn

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... investors entering the sharemarket for the first time via ETFs in 2020." Passive products captured 90% of inflows leaving the active sector maintaining the same proportion as the previous year. Despite this, several active managers have plans to list ...

Chief economist update: Japan's second state of emergency

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... - who resigned for health reasons - as Japan's prime minister on 16 September 2020. The number of daily new cases, active cases and daily deaths were trending down after peaking in August, justifying the lifting of the initial state of emergency ...

BlackRock assets at record-high

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 JAN 2021
... net flows, losing $403 million. "Our strategic areas of investment flourished in 2020 as we saw record client demand for active equity, sustainable, cash and alternative investment strategies, generated $185 billion of net inflows into iShares ETFs and ...