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Fund inflows drop sharply: Calastone

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2022
... allocations. On average, over the last three years, Australians have devoted one third of their newly invested cash to managed funds that invest solely in Australian equities. In Q1 2022, this proportion jumped to 78%. Australia-focused funds inflows ...

North ESG AUM boasts rapid growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... 60 options. The increasing ESG AUM also reflects broader industry trends, which has seen responsible investment managed funds across the Australian and New Zealand markets exceed $100 billion at the end of September 2021, up almost 40% on the prior year. ...

Australian Ethical, Christian Super explore merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... next month. If it goes ahead, the merger would see Australian Ethical managing $9 billion across superannuation, managed funds and ETFs. According to Rainmaker data, about $4.5 billion of this is the retirement savings of its 66,000 members. "Both parties ...

Vanguard Personal Investor sees Delta boom

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
... difference in how men and women approach investing, with women more diversified, more likely to invest in unlisted managed funds than males, more heavily invested in ESG funds and less invested in active funds and individual shares. "As research has ...

ASIC scrutinises managed fund marketing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAR 2022
ASIC is investigating the marketing of managed funds, to identify the use of misleading performance and risk representations in promotional material. The move from the regulator comes after action on several managed fund schemes, based around alleged ...

Popularity soars for managed accounts

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2022
... advisers can streamline their advice and investment management processes. With the report underlining the efficiency of managed funds with the total time savings increasing by almost three hours a day, Investment Trends chief executive Sarah Brennan ...

Vanguard suspends trading in Russian securities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
Vanguard has suspended the purchasing of Russian securities from all its actively managed funds and is also working to divest passive holdings. In a statement, Vanguard said its total exposure to Russia only accounts for about 0.01% of client assets ...

Switch to value could hurt super: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 MAR 2022
... years to May 2021; against the value index the correlation was -0.2. Such a change would also impact net flows of managed funds, with Rainmaker having also previously found that, among actively managed unlisted equities funds, net flows follow performance ...

ESG funding booms in Australia: Calastone

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2022
... (+338%) to $3 billion. In 2021, almost all the ESG equity cash invested by Australians (98%) went into actively managed funds in 2021, with Calastone saying passive strategies will struggle to gain ground until ESG standards are established. Additionally ...

Iress restructures investment management, advice roles

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... infrastructure; his new duties will bring together clients with specialist growth needs in areas such as superannuation and managed funds. Iress chief commercial officer Simon New said: "We would like to thank Kirsty and Tizzy for their considerable ...