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NZ Super makes transparency play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
The New Zealand government's retirement savings vehicle has established a platform to record its votes at listed company AGMs. NZ Super Fund will allow stakeholders to search its voting data by country and company, down to individual resolutions across ...

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... given the easing of US and Chinese trade tensions. Goldman Sachs has estimated that at least US$70 billion in inflows from active and passive managed funds is expected moving forward." The manager's A-share exchange traded funds (ETFs) are seeing ...

Market cap funds disappoint investors: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... losses of 7.95% and 6.95% on equal and asset-weighted bases respectively. While there is no consistent trend in the yearly active versus index figures, the report said underperformance for the majority of Australian active funds in most categories over ...

Mixed year for local market neutral funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... have a long bias towards small caps because they are harder to short. Secondly, last year's volatility did not favor many active managers. "While volatility returned to equity markets, low levels of dispersion across individual stocks resulted in an ...

Chief economist update: Time to pig out on China shares?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... 0.7% today to 3.3%. This would get money flowing into China's stockmarket. Indexed funds, exchange-traded funds and active funds, among others, benchmarked against the MSCI would need to buy Chinese shares in order to track their performance against ...

New fund to invest in low-carbon Aussie stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2019
A global manager has launched a new fund to invest in ASX-listed companies that have a lower exposure to carbon emissions and fossil fuel companies. The Russell Investments Low Carbon Australian Shares Fund will use the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index ...

Midwinter appoints new chief executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2019
... about seven years as a director in EY's wealth and asset management arm. Midwinter said Hall's appointment followed an active search for additional "executive presence" after recent growth in the enterprise market. Hall said he was pleased to return ...

Global manager launches ESG strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
A global manager has launched a new strategy for that will invest in listed companies poised to benefit from the trend towards decarbonisation. Investec Asset Management's Global Environment Strategy aims to identify the businesses whose products ...

New reforms to smash major super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 FEB 2019
... administrative cost efficiencies it might achieve and the extent to which low balance super accounts are consolidated into active accounts it manages.

SMSFA recognises member achievements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 FEB 2019
... technical services Mark Ellem picked up the SMSFA CEO Award, for fostering the SMSF community and making an ongoing and active contribution to the association and its education program. BGL corporate solutions manager Ron Lesh took out the association's ...