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Passive funds save $14.4bn in fees: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... increasingly recognising the performance advantages of being invested in low-cost index funds and the disadvantages of investing into high-cost fund alternatives," he said. Rainmaker Information found that the asset-weighted fees of Vanguard, Betashares ...

Global X's best three ideas for portfolio construction

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... addressable markets, essentially serving as a growth component in an investor's portfolio. Hitzeman explained that thematic investing can be visualised on an S curve, where more emergent, nascent themes, such as hydrogen, are positioned at the bottom. ...

Schroders expands stable of global equity funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... 0.65% with transaction costs of 0.06% per annum. Schroders said the new fund represents global equities for a new era of investing. "Global forces are driving a fundamental shift of major proportions for markets and societies. These include decarbonisation ...

Super fund merger prompts investment changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... option will adjust from 75%/25% to 70%/30%. Spirit Super said that the merger will also bring changes to responsible investing and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations, including updates to exclusion policies. The fund's current ...

Platinum outflows drag performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... current economic and market backdrop, it has been a "difficult environment for Platinum's contrarian approach to investing." "The 12 year-long bull market has generated strong client interest for passive investment products over actively managed ...

All MySuper products pass super performance test

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2024
... we continue to have concerns about some aspects of the test, particularly the detrimental impact for some customers investing through wrap platforms." "Despite administration fees for the AMP wrap platform being among the lowest in the market, we are ...

Aware Super completes first UK deal

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
Aware Super has completed its first infrastructure engagement in the UK, investing in London-based euNetworks. euNetworks builds and invests in city and long-haul fibre networks to connect European data hubs and centres. It operates across 18 cities ...

Longreach hires Channel Capital sales lead, launches advisory firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
... diversified exposure to alternative investment strategies." Longreach has $3.1 billion in assets under management and advice, investing in private debt, impact-aware agriculture, US energy income, and global royalty finance. ASX-listed Navigator Global ...

Former adviser cops 12 years' imprisonment

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... knowledge or consent. He advised his clients their money was in the Australian Diversified Sector Investment Fund (ADSIF), investing in cash, property equities, aquaculture, and agriculture - when, in fact, the only investment was an abalone farm in ...

Former Brisbane adviser found guilty of fraud again

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2024
... contributed to ADSIF through their self-managed superannuation funds. He advised his clients that it was a diversified fund, investing in cash, property equities, aquaculture, and agriculture - when, in fact, the only investment was an abalone farm in ...