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Global boutique reduces fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... its GQG Partners Global Equity Fund and the GQG Partners Emerging Markets Equity Fund. Management fees for the global equities fund has been reduced from 0.90% to 0.75%, and management fees for the emerging markets equities fund has going from 1.10% ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... Super has dropped Rio Tinto from the diversified socially responsible investment (SRI) and single sector SRI Australian equities options it offers its 800,000 members, following urgent meetings with the mining giant. The $100 billion super fund said ...

RealIndex taps former RF Capital executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
First Sentier's systematic equities manager Realindex added a former RF Capital head of research to its investment team, as it continues to grow. Realindex has appointed Ron Guido as a senior qualitative portfolio manager. Guido's role is newly created ...

Hold super accountable for miners' actions: Future Super

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... $129 billion balanced option invested in BHP and Rio Tinto respectively. The miners form more than 6% of the Australian equities exposure in First State Super's pre-mixed investment options as at March 31, while UniSuper lists both among its top Australian ...

Boutique appoints ESG lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... and focus on community expectations, made her a good fit for the business. "As a value manager in Australian and Asian equities with a long term investment horizon, responsible investment is an integral part of our decision-making and in particular our ...

Regal Atlantic fund up 12.5% in May, down 61.65% YTD

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... increasingly vulnerable to a near term setback," Regal said in its monthly fund update sent out last evening. It said equities look inexpensive relative to bonds as long-term bond yields continue to compress. "... and ongoing volatility offers good opportunities ...

Best equities funds to May end

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
New Morningstar data names the equities funds that tallied up the highest returns in the 12-months ending May 31, with Baillie Gifford, Nikko and Perpetual funds among the winners. Baillie Gifford funds distributed by Colonial First State locally have ...

UBS Australia launches new CBRE fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... management of UBS's Australian property securities in December 2018 when the company also offloaded its in-house equities teams. UBS has since exited ETFs, and houses one of the highest-regarded fixed income teams in Australia. "What we have been ...

BetaShares to list hedged versions of global stocks ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... (ETHI) and the $764 million NASDAQ 100 ETF (NDQ) as Australian investors switch gears from unhedged versions of global equities funds to hedged ones. "The bottom line is what we are seeing -- at the moment -- there is a very significant increase in demand ...

Research firm bolsters executive leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... planners and this number is continuing to grow. "Similarly, more than 50% of fund managers in the Australian and global equities sectors have less than $300 million in funds under management." Gosselin said the ongoing changes and fragmentation in the ...