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SMSF changes unlikely to mushroom new funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... academic research shows SMSF members: tend to be over-confident in their abilities, over-optimistic of their funds' performance, don't carefully monitor performance relative to other superannuation vehicles and are not more financial sophisticated ...

Morningstar ratings tally for global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... last year, which put greater emphasis on people and processes and more explicit consideration for benchmark-relative performance. Five funds were upgraded from bronze to silver include AXA IM Sustainable Equity, Barrow Hanley Global Equity Trust, BlackRock ...

BetaShares' Nasdaq ETF surpasses $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... still remain. "The recent pullback in global technology stocks needs to be seen in the context of the sector's overall performance this year," he said. "The reality is that stocks like Apple, Amazon and Netflix have all enjoyed significant share price ...

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... Sustainability Screened Index, and the S&P SmallCap 600 Sustainability Screened Index. S&P said the indices measure the performance of stocks involved in business activities that avoid controversies and are aligned with ESG investors' values in their ...

VFMC adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... appointed to the role, effective this month, responsible for client and stakeholder management, market development, performance and communications. Dunn replaces current head of client services Geoff Diamond who is set to retire next week, a spokesperson ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... executive Andrew Proebstl said the fund's decision to terminate the agreement was due to concerns about investment performance and because of recent reports about cultural issues at AMP Capital. In July, AMP took the AMP Capital Ethical Leaders Balanced ...

Male-pack mentality holds back boards

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... companies to appoint, empower and support more female gender and CSR decisions directors, the ASX could promote better CSR performance and reporting in Australia, ultimately benefiting society," the paper suggested. The research also found that there ...

Retail fund satisfaction drops

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... Roy Morgan's Superannuation Satisfaction Report. The report shows an overall super fund satisfaction with financial performance rating of 61.6% in July. The figure is down 1.3 percentage points on the previous month but unchanged from 61.7% in July 2019. ...

Robo advice solution set to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... important because our research shows that reducing an investment universe by more than 5% begins to exponentially affect performance," Klassen said. Voss agreed, arguing that "ethical investing is one of the strongest investment trends globally, [making] ...

AMP tops worst-performing super funds list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... Stockspot's Fat Cat list, which assessed 600 products offered by 100 of the largest super funds. After accounting for performance net of fees for the last five years, 12 of AMP's products appeared in this year's worst-performing or "Fat Cat" ...