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State Street to launch ESG ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... is the first ETF to track the ASX 200 ESG Index, a broad-based, market-cap-weighted index designed to measure the performance of securities meeting sustainability criteria, while maintaining similar overall industry group weights as the ASX 200 Index. ...

FASEA confirms 2021 exams

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... will run six exam sittings in 2021 at metropolitan and regional locations around Australia. "We have seen a strong performance by most advisers sitting the exam, with 86% of candidates on average passing each exam on the first sitting," FASEA chief executive ...

MSCI shifts to the cloud with Microsoft alliance

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... capabilities which will help investors more swiftly and efficiently manage data and understand the drivers of risk and performance," MSCI and Microsoft said. The two companies will also explore opportunities to drive climate risk and ESG solutions by ...

Fund manager outflows spread into June quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... said in a July 22 note. Macquarie has moved Magellan Financial Group (MFG) to "underperform" from neutral. "MFG's performance and flows continue to drive its premium multiple, but at ~25x 1yr forward P/E, 52% above peers, we see scope for the relative ...

Property winners, losers of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... the threat of renewed government lockdowns, Everett explained. "So, we feel there will continue to be very divergent performance by property type in the near-term," he said. "Long-term, though, we believe strategic allocation to REITs make sense as these ...

US considers restricting ESG in pensions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
... that pension fund fiduciaries are being marketed ESG funds by managers on the basis of goals unrelated to financial performance. "This proposed regulation is designed in part to make clear that ERISA plan fiduciaries may not invest in ESG vehicles when ...

Iress wins mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... allows fund managers to construct, review, analyse and configure client portfolios while providing administration, performance analysis, tax impacts and risk controls. The offering also integrates with Iress's order system. "We wished to raise the bar ...

Super to tip into negative cash flows: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... negative cash flows by the end of the 2020 financial year. Across the board, Right Lane believes, excluding investment performance, most funds will deliver modest or no growth in assets and all funds in Australia will experience a decline in revenue ...

NAB Private Wealth bolsters executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... transition from her role as executive manager of business and private bank. Prior to this, she spent three years as chief performance officer of Victorian Managed Insurance Authority. Bond has deep expertise and experience in strategy, finance and transformation ...

Legg Mason subsidiary cuts performance fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
A subsidiary of Legg Mason has cut performance fees for two of its value funds, after recording negative returns during the COVID-19 crisis. RARE Infrastructure, a listed infrastructure manager, removed performance fees on its value funds, both hedged ...