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Swedish pension giant commits to total decarbonisation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2016
... strategies. "We are delighted to work with MSCI, whose products we hope will help take low carbon investing further into the mainstream," AP4 chief executive Mats Andersson said. "We are confident that this approach can offer an alternative source of ...

AREITs less defensive as returns surge: Zenith

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2016
... showed that Australian REITs - and global REITs, which delivered 4.2% on average - performed favourably against other mainstream asset classes over the year, which was affected by strong market volatility. REITs weren't unaffected by market conditions ...

MainstreamBPO heads to NY

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2016
Fund and superannuation administrator MainstreamBPO has opened an office in New York in the hopes of expanding its hedge fund administration business. The New York office will be the first outside the Asia Pacific region for the group and will add to ...

Responsible assets close to half of total Australia AUM

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2016
... 10 years (but slightly underperformed in the short-term); and core RI multi-sector growth funds outperformed their mainstream equivalents over all time periods. The largest asset managers of core responsible investments, by AUM, are AMP Capital, Investa ...

AXA IM global equity SmartBeta fund gets RIAA approval

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2016
... globally by AXA IM grew substantially in 2015 to reach $655 billion. "We expect this trend to continue as RI becomes more mainstream and the asset management industry further embraces ESG integration and impact-based outcomes," said Hurt. RIAA, the industry ...

Australian Ethical appoints former AMP Capital PM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2016
... Management and AMP Capital. His appointment comes as Australian Ethical's performance continues to outpace that of mainstream funds. In Mercer's most recent rankings of investment performance, Australian Ethical's Australian Shares Fund ranked first ...

Life insurers paid $6.9bn in claims in 2015

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
Mainstream life insurance companies paid out a total of just over $6.9 billion in claims in 2015, according to figures from The Risk Store. The statistics show that a total of 89,291 claims were paid for an average $77,279 per claim. Put another way ...

Investors must look past market noise: AXA IM

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
... investment including the rise of China 2.0, the changing role of indices and the movement of responsible investment to the mainstream. Despite its current economic slowdown, Mark Tinker, head of Framlington Equities Asia at AXA IM argued that investors ...

Social media ETF proves possibilities are endless

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... growing of any product set in the funds management industry. Though exposures available to local investors are quite mainstream by US standards, BetaShares has brought some innovative products to the market including the inverse Australian Equities Bear ...

ETFs moving to mainstream

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2016
The growing adoption of ETFs by aligned dealer groups is pushing the product into the mainstream, with 2 in 5 planners now using ETFs as a core investment choice for client portfolios according to new research from Betashares and Investment Trends. ...