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Shoddy exam feedback fuels adviser stress

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... is stealthily pushing financial advisers over 55 years old out of the industry. Ghosted FASEA's radio silence is thematic. While it has several email contact addresses, it has no direct hotline. One adviser who managed to get hold of a senior FASEA ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... important issue like climate change to achieve better risk-adjusted returns for our members." Also commenting, UBS AM head of thematic engagement and collaboration Francis Condon said: "We view engagement as fundamental to any sustainable investing approach. ...

QIC, Sunsuper acquire NZ healthcare asset

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 10 DEC 2021
... strong potential for future growth and expansion over time. This investment is wholly aligned with our sector centric, thematic-based infrastructure investment strategy. "It leverages one of our key megatrends, an aging population, and the secular tailwinds ...

BetaShares to launch more megatrend ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... technology and e-sports. Looking to capture the growth of both these long-term megatrends and the increasing popularity of thematic ETFs, BetaShares will launch two of the offerings this month and the third in the months to come. Launching on the ASX ...

Bell AM announces US distribution plans

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2021
... solutions to the Americas." Spouting Rock is located in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and provides alternative, traditional and thematic investment solutions. "We're excited to welcome our Australian partners to the Spouting Rock family," Spouting Rock ...

Downward fee trend hits ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... for impact strategies, which explicitly target and are equipped to report on social and environmental outcomes. 'ESG thematic' strategies that do not meet the threshold which we would consider appropriate for an Impact strategy were, on average, a little ...

Macquarie leads Aussie managers in global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
Macquarie Group continues to be Australia's largest fund manager with US$424 billion in assets and places it 64th in a global ranking. In this year's top 500 largest global asset managers list compiled by Willis Towers Watson and Thinking Ahead ...

APRA proposes further unlisted valuation rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... appropriate performance benchmarks. The revisions are in response to APRA's findings in its unlisted asset valuation thematic review and APRA's 2018-19 post-implementation review of the superannuation prudential framework. The updates focus on ...

Fidante boutique launches flagship fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2021
... Asia ex-Japan and other emerging markets. It holds between 30 to 50 stocks, diversified across countries, sectors and thematic exposures. The fund aims to provide an absolute return and capital growth over the long term and outperform the MSCI Emerging ...

Maple-Brown Abbott launches new fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... portfolios across multiple market cycles, our disciplined investment approach is well suited to capturing the growing income thematic across Asia." Maple-Brown Abbott head of Asia Pacific equities Geoff Bazzan said the firm has been considering an Asia ...