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COVID-19 poses unique human rights threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
COVID-19 is posing distinct threats to the digital human rights of people all over the world, with consequences for companies and investors. In a new paper Robeco head of sustainability integration Masja Zandbergen expressed the belief that if digital ...

Grow Super co-founder in alleged betting scandal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
... approximately $39 million in superannuation assets with that transfer expected to go through this year. "We are having a couple of active discussions with other superannuation funds and expect to finalise the divestment by early 2020 through a successor ...

Equities attractive in search for yield: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... investors. "Although dividend yields for Australian equities are going to be lower in the near term, we note that there are active management techniques that can enhance income yields," Zenith said. "Active managers who focus on fundamental drivers such ...

Ignorance isn't bliss in super: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... strong emotions and behavioural biases have a heavy hand in decision-making." The firm also found that of those who make an active investment choice within their super, only 30% believe they have sufficient investment experience to choose their own investments ...

New ETFs see success as UBS suspends funds

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... on March 2, BetaShares' S&P/ASX Australian Technology ETF launched March 4, and Van Eck's Emerging Income Opportunities Active ETF on February 13. ETF securities chief executive Kris Walesby said the interest in these new products reflect investor's ...

Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... 41.5% managers were beating the benchmark. In March this widened to 49.2%. "The volatile market appears to have provided active fund managers opportunities to outperform the benchmark, although the benchmark still outperformed greater than 50% of the ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... a lot of talk around passive investment but now that the markets have taken investors on a rollercoaster ride, are the active managers leaving or just biding their time? GQG Partners chief investment officer Rajiv Jain believes active managers are becoming ...

Super fund awards global equities mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... officer of research funds, Hari Ramanan. "[Ramanan] designed this global equities approach at our research epicenter to take active positions by uncovering long horizon insights, including from innovative uses of data science," Rooney said. "It takes ...

Bennelong adds to institutional distribution team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed an institutional distribution executive as the company focuses on growing its domestic and offshore institutional capability. Eric Finnell is set to step into the role, having previously been at Fisher Investments ...

COVID-19 recovery plans must heed climate science

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
A global network of companies, including ASX-listed Australian Ethical, is urging governments to pay heed to climate science in their COVID-19 recovery plans. UN Global Compact includes 155 companies that employ over five million people and have a combined ...