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Mercer joins net-zero club

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2021
Mercer Australia has committed to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 for its Australian funds and the Mercer-managed investment options within Mercer Super. This represents a combined $36.4 billion in assets under management as at 31 December ...

Australian equities funds downgraded

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2021
... Perpetual has suffered from the narrowing of its investable stocks. The Ausbil Australian Emerging Leaders slipped down to neutral from bronze, as did BlackRock Concentrated Industrial, Perpetual Wholesale Industrial, Russell High Dividend Australian ...

Magellan performance fees dip 70%

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... adjusted profit beat MS by 8% and consensus by 4% on lower costs. Whilst this is positive, we expect a mildly positive neutral share price reaction given revenues and dividend were in line with consensus, and there is no update on the delayed retirement ...

High Court dismisses Westpac appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... financial situation as they were in regards to superannuation. It said the fact the advice was free of charge was "at best neutral in relation to the reasonable expectations of a member approached in this way", and that "the circumstance that the Westpac ...

Future Fund increases cash again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... potential downside risks, including from public health and economic reversals and so the portfolio is positioned at around neutral levels of risk," he said. "This is designed to allow us to continue to generate returns when markets are strong, while ...

Flexstone appoints head of ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2021
... objectives will be: to reach a target of 40% women in Flexstone's investment teams by 2030; to make the firm carbon neutral by 2050; and to produce ESG reports for each client and a global ESG report. She has worked at Amundi Asset Management in ...

Departure at Perpetual small caps team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2020
... Morningstar said. He left the team on December 9, Morningstar said in a note while holding the fund's rating steady at neutral. Perpetual this year paid about $465 million to buy a 75% interest in US-based value manager Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney ...

University debt weighs on personal investing

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... trending up," Futurity chief executive Ross Higgins said. "The majority of people who attend university (56%) are positive or neutral about the value of their university education despite, their HECS-HELP debt and the financial and social impacts. "However ...

International consortium sets sights on Optus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... Retirement System (OMERS) global infrastructure vehicle OMERS Infrastructure, Australian tower company Stilmark and US neutral host wireless network operators in ATN International have appointed Q Advisors and Royal Bank of Canada as financial advisers ...

HNW platform adds Europe ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... stocks in the index have direct exposure to the sectors that are expected to support Europe's transition to become climate-neutral by 2050," Stropro chief product officer Ben Streater said. "We are pleased to be able to offer this exciting opportunity ...