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Ausbil ESG strategy advances

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 3 JAN 2019
... Standard reported on a revamped ESG process at Platypus Asset Management. Ausbil's history predominantly lies in Australian equities. Carlsson-Sweeny points out the country's small pool of stocks means it's hard to invest only in the companies who are ...

Where UniSuper sees market opportunities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 31 DEC 2018
... fund's in-house investment team and CIPRs. Pearce said the fund doesn't particularly see a need to pull back from equities, a move that AustralianSuper announced at its member briefing in November. "We've already done that to a certain degree. ...

Super funds wield bank remuneration stick

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... Rainmaker notes the nation's superannuation funds on average hold between one-fifth and one-quarter of their Australian equities portfolios in bank stocks (or more than 20% of the banks' market capitalisation) - meaning they are a significant player ...

Sahota's fund makes first close

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... so that it is safer and more robust in volatile investment markets. Given that credit spreads are historically narrow, equities and bonds are historically expensive, Australian Catholic Superannuation believes that adding loans is a good addition to ...

Frontier Advisors builds investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
Frontier has hired a senior consultant for its equities research team as it recruits for key senior roles across the business. James Gunn will start in the senior consultant role on January 7, working closely with Frontier's head of equities research ...

UBS signs on Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... funds to its client list by this time next year. Members in DIO at these super funds have access to a tailored version of equities research notes from UBS' analysts, and markets data (such as securities pricing) and industry news from Morningstar. Morningstar ...

Final call for 2019 Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum, DWS chief investment officer for Asia Pacific and head of emerging market equities Sean Taylor said three of these economic factors are global and two are more geographically specific. The obvious factor is ...

Portfolio implementation delays costing investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... Citing responsiveness as a key benefit of managed accounts, Lonsec measured the hypothetical excess return its Australian Equities Core SMA would have achieved over three, six and 12 month periods under four different implementation scenarios. "While ...

Bonds reward equity investors seeking refuge

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... who firmly believe that fixed income is a safety net in times of market volatility - and followed through by ditching equities - have been well-rewarded for their efforts. Investors in Australia who switched to bonds at the end of October would be more ...

CFS swaps global equities managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... State has appointed a $600 million mandate as it reviews the manager lineup for its $3.8 billion multi-manager global equities fund. In a change that became active last Friday, Boston-based quant manager Arrowstreet Capital took over the management of ...