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Impact investing seeks to address racial inequality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
A new initiative in the US, with $4 million in backing from J.P. Morgan Chase, has seen a small business lender and an impact investor come together to address racial inequality. CDC Small Business Finance and Capital Impact Partners, which describes ...

ASIC puts investment managers on notice over valuations

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
The corporate regulator is ramping up its focus on reviewing valuation practices amongst investment managers to ensure they are reliable during the pandemic. ASIC's Interim Corporate Plan 2020/21 is reminding entities to ensure that the valuations of ...

Super funds slapped over smoker premiums

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... as 'smokers' by default, hitting them with higher life insurance premiums in the process unless the member took active steps to opt out of this categorisation. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press noted insurance premiums for smokers are notoriously ...

Tax impacting super fund investment strategies: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... healthy process of superannuation equity portfolio evolution." The research said this issue does not discriminate between active or passive investing and impacts funds' ability to evolve their portfolios. "Our concern is that, on its face, baulking at ...

GAM records $19bn in outflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
The global fund manager saw its profits fall 196% following net outflows of close to $19 billion in the first half of this year, resulting in heavy hits to fee and commission income. GAM has reported a pre-tax loss of $3.05 million compared to a profit ...

AMP launches new managed portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... IndexPlus Balanced, IndexPlus Moderately Aggressive and IndexPlus Aggressive. "The IndexPlus range combines the benefits of active and passive strategies into a unique, low-cost investment, delivered simply and efficiently through MyNorth," AMP director ...

Cyber criminals jump on ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... phishing scams aimed at collecting identity information. "As the economy responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ACCC has been active in detecting and preventing new threats to consumers and the economy. In relation to fraud and cybercrime, the ACCC's ...

Magellan to restructure retail global equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... Global Fund. Magellan will create a single trust and issue two unit classes - an open class (for the unlisted fund and the active ETF) and a closed class (for the LIT). It needs unitholder approval from investors in all three funds. These are the $11.6 ...

Aussies reevaluate retirement prospects

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
New research has revealed Australians are feeling significantly less confident about their retirement prospects, with many fearing they will have to work longer in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis. Surveying 1000 Australians in June, the CFS Retirement ...

UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
The UK's National Employment Savings Trust, known as NEST, will immediately shift close to half of its entire portfolio to climate aware strategies and begin divesting from companies involved in thermal coal, oil sands and arctic drilling. NEST ...