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Responsible investment here to stay: Experts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... (ASX:FAIR). BetaShares offers a range of exchange traded products which cover Australian equities, cash, currencies, commodities and alternative strategies. It currently has about $5.1 billion in assets under management and is a member of Mirae Asset ...

Mercer increases Japanese footprint via acquisition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2018
... non-alternative investments including long-short funds, private equity and debt, real estate, infrastructure, hedge funds, and commodities," the statement said. In May 2015, Mercer launched its delegated solutions business Mercer Investment Solutions ...

CBA creates new lead research role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 JAN 2018
... global markets research functions to provide global coverage of economics, fixed income and rates, FX, credit and commodities. CBA said the role's creation reinforces its commitment to offering clients unique insights and access to the best data, quantitative ...

US advisers shifting to international equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... only 6.1% of advisers planning to invest in this asset class. A large portion (21.5%) were eyeing alternatives or commodities, overtaking the demand for environmental, social and governance (ESG) products, which only 122 advisers (15.6%) noted interest ...

SSGA dismisses ETF bubble concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 NOV 2017
... index via derivative instruments rather than by holding the relevant underlying securities. An example of this is commodities ETFs, which can track an index measuring the futures price of a commodity rather than physically holding the relevant commodity. ...

Neuberger Berman acquires $2.5 billion firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... launched in 2011 and specialises in alternative risk premia and multi-factor solutions across equities, currencies, commodities and rates. The team is led by founders Ray Carroll, Simon Griffiths and Frank Maeba. Carroll described Neuberger Berman as ...

Multi-asset strategy enters Aussie retail market

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... fund invests across four asset classes including equities, fixed income, foreign exchange, and to a lesser extent commodities. Stevens said across all asset classes the fund is constantly making macro decisions. Fulcrum's view is that several global ...

Treasurer backs APRA's CBA probe

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 AUG 2017
... profits, but we're not there yet. "While company profits grew at 40% through the year to March 2017, it was largely a commodities story. Mining sector profits contributed 27 percentage points - that is three quarters - of that growth by itself, buoyed ...

BNY Mellon subsidiary makes local and global hires

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2017
... fixed income. Kibble spent more than 15 years with Macquarie Funds Management, focused on fixed income, currency and commodities and had responsibility for Macquarie's Australian dollar currency hedging business, providing hedging services to Australian ...

Hedging strategies protecting members' assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... bank to provide this service, while 15% look to an independent provider. NAB director of fixed income currencies and commodities Emma Lawson said: "The environment in which funds operate is evolving quickly, incorporating more regulation, policy changes ...