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Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... five companies. Out of the sample, the $100 billion Hostplus is the only fund that does not invest in any of the defence stocks. Elbit has been awarded a series of contracts from the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) which it said was "an aggregate amount ...

Norway's oil fund returns 16% in 2023

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... Government Pension Fund Global raked in a return of $322 billion for the year, largely driven by investments in AI-related stocks. Equities returned 21% for the fund, with the biggest contribution coming from technology companies like Microsoft, Apple ...

ETFs reigned supreme in 2023: Superhero

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... and Millennials) leaned towards ETFs, resources were front of mind for older investors (Gen X and Boomers) with resource stocks making up four of the top five most traded Australian stocks for the two generations (Pilbara Minerals (PLS) followed by Core ...

Interest rates drive adviser conversations in 2024

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... first few weeks of 2024, Brad Buters, a financial adviser at Guided Investor, is proceeding with caution. "Valuations of stocks on traditional metrics are quite high. And the alternative with sitting in the sidelines on defensive assets with things like ...

VanEck to unveil private credit ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
VanEck is scheduled to launch a new exchange-traded fund (ETF) that invests in private credit companies. The VanEck Global Listed Private Credit (AUD Hedged) ETF will start trading as LEND on the ASX on February 2. LEND will track the LPX Listed Private ...

Australian Ethical super chief goes for growth in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2024
... tensions. "The continued conflict in Ukraine and recent issues in the Middle East typically result in a run on energy-type stocks, which often have a sugar hit at times of market volatility," he said. "For investors like Australian Ethical, where we ...

Saxo lowers trading costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
... financial freedom, Smith said. In 2021, Saxo reduced costs to trade ASX shares and ETFs from $6.99 to $5. Traders of US stocks and ETFs saw fees go down from $US9.90 to US$4. Last year, the firm reached more than US$100 billion in global assets.

Bragg proposes super fund reforms to protect retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... Australian equities as of June 202 2. Industry super funds had invested 18% of their members' assets in Australian stocks, while retail funds had allocated 28%, representing approximately $316 billion and $193 billion respectively.

Infrastructure's diversification benefits timely: Clearbridge

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... cheap) diversifier within a portfolio," Langley said. He added that the past year was dominated by mega-cap technology stocks, infrastructure should continue to add weight to a portfolio, which will generate strong return potential over the longer term. ...

Morningstar reveals Australian equities upgrades, downgrades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... "However, Perpetual's value and quality bias and this strategy's industrials mandate mean that it excludes a large chunk of stocks in the broader Morningstar Category index." Investors Mutual All Industrials was dropped because Morningstar lowered its ...