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ESG options outperform in the short term: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
... Australian Ethical Super Employer's Growth (10.3%) and First State Super Employer's Australian Socially Responsible Equities (10.2%) performed strongly. However, ESG options tend to underperform over three and five-year periods, Rainmaker said ...

Antares portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2019
The $660 million Aussie equities fund at Antares is bidding farewell to the "linchpin" of its investment strategy. Richard Dixon's departure was announced on Monday, after almost three months of extended leave. Dixon leaves after nearly 12 years, and ...

Aussie HNWIs slip down global rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... December, the report said, following the global share market turbulence. Cash comprised 28% of HNWI portfolios, replacing equities which slipped to second place (26%), followed by fixed income (18.1%), real estate (15.6%) and alternatives (12.9%). Capgemini ...

SG Hiscock hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... of global equity funds and hedge funds across New South Wales. Potter was a business development manager across listed equities, unlisted infrastructure, agriculture and private equity trusts. Prior to joining Macquarie, Potter held business development ...

New Bond ETF for BetaShares

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... portfolios. "Government bonds are a core part of a balanced portfolio given their historical negative correlation to equities and high level of stability relative to corporate bonds," Vynokur said. "Australian government bonds are considered to be an ...

Sovereign investors go back to fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... world have gone back to holding the largest chunks of their assets in fixed income after concerns about volatility in equities markets, says Invesco. Globally, sovereign investors increased their fixed income allocations to 33% from 30% in 2018 while ...

Deutsche chief to buy shares amid turmoil

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2019
... about not being worried but being excited. I'm excited about execution." Eigendorf asked whether the bank exiting global equities and making the cuts means a farewell to Wall Street for Deutsche, but Sewing was adamant that isn't the case. "We want to ...

Deutsche Bank slashes global workforce, exits global equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... operations, resulting in 18,000 employees losing their jobs. The European bank announced overnight it will exit global equities functions of sales and trading, but retain an equity capital markets operation. Additionally, it will significantly reduce ...

JANA hires operations lead, boosts workforce

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... of consultants have also joined the following research teams: Bharat Satghare (infrastructure), Lin Ngin (Australasian equities), Daniel Kisnorbo (global equities) and Neil Maines (portfolio construction and retirement strategies). Lamborn commented ...

BlackRock cuts fees on Aussie shares ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... the low cost threat from the BetaShares Australia 200 ETF, which in 15 months has gained around 6% of the Australian equities large cap index space with an MER of seven basis points," Dyall said. "In comparison iShares has around 16% of that market (down ...