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Chief economist update: Wall Street sneezes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
... hadn't had much impact on equity markets until it hit investor sentiment on Wall Street. Five straight down days have taken returns on the S&P 500 index to negative 3.5% year-to-date and the Dow to minus 5.5%. As the old saying goes: "When Wall Street ...

Ethical super fund cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... realizing that investing ethically is about so much more than avoiding unethical businesses and is about investing for better returns and a future worth living in." Australian Ethical chief executive John McMurdo said the results suggested ethical investing ...

New ETF for ASX All Tech Index

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2020
... 17.4% [annualised] over the last year compared to the broader ASX 200's 9%. The fees are a very small part of the returns and I would say the pricing is very competitive," Vynokur said. He also says for most users, technology is a small part of their ...

SG increase will hurt women: NFAW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... the submission reads. "Not only do women lose the value of contributions over this period, but they lose the compound returns on that investment over the period to retirement." The NFAW acknowledged that women are not the only vulnerable group in the ...

Investments head departs super fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... previous role at Equipsuper his key achievements included lowering risk, producing significant cost savings and increasing returns for members," she said. Rieck added he was looking forward to supporting the fund's local members. "I know LGIAsuper's ...

Carbon footpath important, not footprint: AXA

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... greener and more sustainable products, technologies or activities," McDonald said. "In addition, from a purely investment returns perspective, the divestment-led approach targeting point-in-time, absolute carbon intensities ignores the potential winners ...

Qualitas launches build-to-rent fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2020
... like QBIF that attract private sector investment into projects that reduce carbon emissions while delivering attractive returns," Learmonth said. "We look forward to leveraging Qualitas' track record in real estate finance and debt funds management ...

New Aussie ETF to invest in FAANGs

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... created by ICE Data Indices (Intercontinental Exchange). ETF Securities has set the fees at 35 basis points per year. The returns for the fund for last 12 months were 45%. Almost all of this is capital gain, with low potential for dividend income from ...

ATO cracks down on SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... (12.7%). Current compliance risk focus areas for the ATO are illegal early super release promoters, non-lodgement of tax returns by SMSFs, the top 100 SMSFs and tax planning, the top 100 auditors, high risk auditors and SMSF Auditor Number misuse. Non-lodgement ...

Factor investing, sustainability a perfect match

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... investing counterparts usually lag the market by imposing ESG principles, while factor approaches can produce market-like returns. "What we find is that some investors actually struggle with these types of exclusions, because historically these companies ...