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Fees should reflect investor skill: AB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... highest-risk assets is not always the case with bull assets," she said. "There is a place for meaningful allocation to passive strategies but I wouldn't be putting all my eggs in that basket."

Super fund overhauls performance on red rating

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... to a number of sectors, simplifying the fund's structure, and rotating out of active positions and into lower cost, passive exposures, chief investment officer Seamus Collins said. "This lowered operational risk and costs with headline investment ...

Sustainable ETF demand skyrockets

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Meanwhile, MSCI remains the leader in the sustainable indexing space. About two thirds of all global assets invested in passive sustainable funds track an MSCI benchmark. US asset manager Northern Trust is the largest player in the sustainable index ...

Australia most active region in Q2: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... Interestingly, the research house found that the largest driver of inflows in the second quarter was allocations into Japan passive equity strategies. Redemptions from APAC managers were also mainly from Japan-focused strategies, across both equity and ...

Investor expectations pie in the sky: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Australians have a general preference for active investment methods while the majority of their investment portfolios are passive with around 40% of investor portfolios made up of active investments with the remaining 60% passive. Schroders head of fixed ...

Market rebound leaves behind active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... asset. Active equity managers in particular are facing "persistent fee decay" along with an ongoing struggle to outperform passive equity benchmarks will force asset managers to address their deficiencies, Casey Quirk principal Amanda Walters said. "Continued ...

VanEck to launch four new ETFs

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... MOAT. Finally, DVDY will invest in about 25 Australian companies and provide investors with active stock selection for passive fees. "We have partnered with Morningstar and will soon offer an approach that utilises its Morningstar Economic Moat philosophy ...

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... responding to the new reality. "This Investment Management Agreement (IMA) might be set up for a certain purpose, like passive equity exposure, but can pivot easily from goal to goal as the fund's needs change; for example, to change benchmarks, add ...

CalPERS chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... decreased in recent years, and make up "just over 1% of the fund", and noted its investments in Chinese entities were passive. "CalPERS chief investment officer Ben Meng, Ph.D. is a globally-respected financial expert and a proud citizen of the United ...

Tax impacting super fund investment strategies: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... process of superannuation equity portfolio evolution." The research said this issue does not discriminate between active or passive investing and impacts funds' ability to evolve their portfolios. "Our concern is that, on its face, baulking at a single ...