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YFYS could dampen ESG adoption: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... The Your Future, Your Super reforms could potentially threaten the adoption of sustainable investing strategies, new research from Parametric shows. Parametric's analysis focused on super fund portfolio tracking error, which is a key driver of YFYS ...

Aussie investors retain home bias: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... remain bullish on domestic equities, with more than a third expecting them to generate the greatest yields in 2022, new research show. The latest report from Investment Trends highlights a relatively optimistic outlook from investors for the local share ...

Sustainability will send some broke: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... will challenge many firms and perhaps even bankrupt some, experts from MFS Investment Management have noted. In a new research note, MFS global investment strategist Robert Almeida and research analyst Robert Wilson shared insights on the problematic ...

Super funds lambasted over nuclear holdings

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 DEC 2021
New research from the Australia Institute and Quit Nukes shows most major Australian superannuation funds still have holdings in nuclear weapons. Nearly one year since the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) came into force (January ...

The dark side of super switching: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
New research from Griffith University and Iress has revealed the 'double-edged sword' of the ease with which consumers can switch their superannuation. The research analysed over 42,000 superannuation switching decisions from 1 January 2019 to 31 March ...

Flows to SRI ETFs boom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 NOV 2021
New research has found global flows to socially responsible investment (SRI) equities ETFs almost doubled between 2020 and 2021. According to Zenith's 2021 International Shares Sector Report, SRI- themed ETFs in October 2021 had funds under management ...

Default super delivers best performance in 34 years

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 NOV 2021
New research reveals that default workplace superannuation funds achieved the best average returns of 18.8% in the last 34 years. Rainmaker reviewed more than 3200 investment options in its 2021 Super fund performance study, which are offered by 238 ...

Advisers optimistic for 2022: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... Financial advisers expect Aussie equities to deliver capital gains of 3.5% over the next 12 months, according to new research. The latest study from Investment Trends shows financial advisers are much more optimistic about local shares than they were ...

Downward fee trend hits ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... Across asset classes there is significant downward pressure on institutional asset management fees, according to new research from bfinance. The study's key findings include a reduction in the cost of active global equities strategies with ESG requirements ...

High-net-worth investors richer, optimistic

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 NOV 2021
... high-net-worth (HNW) investors have multiplied in size and wealth, controlling $2.77 trillion in investable assets, new research shows. New research commissioned by Praemium and carried out by Investment Trends found the total number of millionaires ...