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China still positive despite unrest

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2019
... billion milestone was passed in just one minute and eight seconds. If this proves anything, it is that the growing middle-class in China is cashed-up and ready to spend, giving EM investors a positively glowing outlook. Alibaba's Australia and New Zealand ...

Global fixed income trust launched

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2019
... overall total returns going forward. Having a manager who can use a global opportunity set to allocate across the asset class enhances efforts to generate performance." MFS said Pilar Gomez-Bravo and Robert Spector will serve as the trust's lead ...

First green bond ETF listed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
BetaShares has listed the first Diversified Bond ETF in Australia with a significant allocation to green bonds. The Sustainability Leaders Diversified Bond ETF - Currency Hedged (GBND) will track an index of green bonds issued by companies and governments ...

Planners heed SMSF risk warning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... their SMSF did not meet diversification requirements. About 99% of the SMSFs concerned were invested entirely in one asset class - property. The action came on the back of a CFR report earlier this year in which the CFR said there are pockets of concern ...

Industry fund awards $100m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... debt. The $10 billion Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund has made an inaugural allocation to the asset class through York Capital Management. ACSRF chief investment officer Michael Block told Financial Standard the $10 billion fund ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... fixed income and credit, he has stuck by two active managers, even as the fund has fine-tuned its spending in the asset class over the last three years. "As a fund, we have to use ESG screens and it can be more difficult finding a solution that is both ...

Industry still shy of flat dollar fees: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
A report from Frontier Advisors suggests superannuation funds and investment managers are still not comfortable with flat dollar fees. The report, titled 'Managing costs and aligning interests: A decade on', written by director Fiona Trafford-Walker ...

BetaShares to list new diversified ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... decisions an investor faces, and one that requires ongoing attention." BetaShares said the products will obtain its asset-class exposure using ETFs from both BetaShares and other leading ETF managers, and include ETFs that trade in Australia, as well ...

Insto investors confused by environmental equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... Asset Management executive believes its offering has suffered in Australia due to a lack of understanding around which asset class environmental equities fit into. Speaking to Financial Standard, managing director of listed equities for Impax Asset Management ...

New role for former State Super investment chief

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... team, external investment managers and various investee companies to drive the development and implementation of best-in-class asset management across Sunsuper's real estate, infrastructure, private equity and alternative strategies portfolios." ...