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Partners Group adds to unlisted funds range

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2022
... comprising predominantly of first lien senior secured loans, the fund should demonstrate lower volatility and lower risk of loss versus comparable fixed income such as high yield bonds " The underlying fund is managed by a large and experienced global ...

Macquarie AM, Mirova seal distribution deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... by Denmark and Germany. Since its inception in 2016, the fund has seen an average total calendar year return of 14.19% versus the benchmark's 13.05%. "We have seen the accelerated adoption of sustainable investing options by investors who are looking ...

Hostplus, Statewide provide merger details

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2022
... Statewide members will have access to more investment options, with Hostplus offering 16 options and a member direct platform versus Statewide's 11 options. However, members will pay slightly more with Hostplus. Statewide's current total expense ratio ...

Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... directors. Firms with female chief executives have twice the number of female board members, compared to the market average (23% versus 11%)," he says. But what drives the outperformance of companies with women in leadership? The S&P research came up ...

Switch to value could hurt super: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... higher than the volatility of the value premium. For example, in the past 20 years the average ratio of market volatility versus value premium volatility was 1.3, but it is currently just 0.5. In international equities, the ratio of market volatility ...

Family offices embrace crypto: BNY Mellon

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2022
... likely to be actively investing in crypto compared to single family offices, with 64% of multi-family offices investing versus 36% of single family offices. For those who do invest, ETFs and trade exchanges are the preferred vehicles for doing so, while ...

Plato launches net zero fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... Only Strategy - has delivered substantial reduction in carbon exposure, reducing intensity 75% and carbon footprint 76% versus the index, while also outperforming it.

Quality of Advice must consider digital: Ignition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... the cost of complying with increased regulation. The review will consider excessive compliance obligations, principles versus rules-based regulation, clarity of disclosure, and undesirable unintended consequences arising from the post Royal Commission ...

MySuper heatmap offers few surprises

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... test has two components: average investment returns (net of investment costs and taxes) for the last eight financial years versus a benchmark, and the administration fees for the last financial year versus a benchmark. If the fund slips below 0.5% when ...

HESTA leads trustee board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
Superannuation fund HESTA has the highest number of women on its trustee board with nine females versus five males. An analysis of APRA's fund-level superannuation data as at June 2021 shows the $67 billion fund has tipped the gender imbalance as ...