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UniSuper's O'Sullivan on what's next

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... October 2000. In the 21 years since, it has largely stayed away from mergers barring some smaller corporate funds in the research sector like the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute that have joined over the years. This is a sharp contrast to UniSuper's ...

Top economist Don Stammer to fund UNE scholarship

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... governors. "In 1979, I wrote to Ian Macfarlane, who was at that time with OECD in Paris, offering him a senior position in the research department of the Reserve Bank of Australia. The same year, I recruited a talented young graduate of Sydney University ...

Zenith introduces ESG classification

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... incorporates ESG, and not just those funds branded as pursuing responsible, ethical or sustainability aim," he said. The research team typically combines a review of the portfolio holdings and conducts a qualitative analysis, rather than rely on manager ...

Retirement portfolios need a rethink: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... volatility as a measure of the risk of impaired living standards in retirement rather than asset return volatility, new research shows. New research from Franklin Templeton subsidiary Martin Currie Australia found that sufficient income for life leads ...

Platform FUM grows

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
Platforms have seen strong increases in funds under management over the year to March 2021, new research shows. Plan For Life's latest analysis of wraps, platforms and master trusts revealed the leading market players all saw a rise in FUM. BT took ...

Hostplus delivers 21.3% to members

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... option returned 18.88% p.a. for the period, while the Socially Responsible Balanced option achieved 21.82% p.a. Rainmaker research shows that Hostplus retained its title as the best-performing MySuper product in the single strategy category, delivering ...

ASI specialist joins boutique

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... covers senior investment specialist functions within large asset managers as well as a strong background in managed fund research. Nick is highly regarded in the market and will help drive the continuing growth of Evidentia's business in Australia." ...

Raiz rolls out SMSF functionality

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2021
... its products are in the best interests of clients and should be on approved product lists. Meanwhile, the latest SMSF research from Vanguard and Investment Trends found that SMSF assets have rebounded to an all-time high of $787 billion in March 2021 ...

Funds will fail YFYS test multiple times: Parametric

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
... their brand strength and member loyalty to survive the occasional single failure should think twice," Parametric manager research and strategy Whitlam Zhang said. Funds will need to either decrease their levels of tracking error or increase its expected ...

Preqin expands local team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUL 2021
The alternatives research house has hired two on its Australian team, as it looks to expand its local data coverage. Mery Apolloni has joined as a senior research associate from S&P Global Market Intelligence and Tanzila Awrna has joined as a research ...