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Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
The global manager has launched a sustainable ETF, the first of what it calls a series of sustainable actively managed ESG offerings. The abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Active ETF (ASX: ASAO) is designed to provide investors with "high capital ...

AMP debuts hybrid retirement solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... investment strategy, setting deferral periods for income and setting drawdown amounts." AMP general manager retirement solutions Ben Hillier commented that MyNorth Lifetime has been designed to work seamlessly with other income sources like an account-based ...

MFS names global fixed income investment chiefs

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
MFS is growing its fixed income department's leadership team with the addition of two co-chief investment officers. MFS director of fixed income, Europe Pilar Gomez-Bravo and fixed income portfolio manager Alexander Mackey will join current chief investment ...

UniSuper chair to step down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
Ian Martin will retire as chair of UniSuper at the end of the year, with an existing board director to replace him. Martin has been on the UniSuper board for close to a decade, the last five years of which were spent as chair. During that time the fund ...

Vanguard unveils positive impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
Vanguard Australia has launched a global positive impact equities fund that aims to outperform the broad global equities market with a "measurable impact on global environmental and social challenges." The Vanguard Active Positive Impact Fund is a concentrated ...

QIC sees changes in private debt, liquid markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
There is a new director in QIC's multi-sector private debt team, while a new head of the liquid markets group has been confirmed. David Spiez will join the multi-sector private debt team in February. He is currently general manager of strategy and ...

Choice performance test pause in members' best interests: Chant West

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
Chant West has welcomed the proposed pause in the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test, saying it's in the best interest of super fund members. Chant West general manager Ian Fryer explained there's been several unintended consequences of ...

Australia's first global carbon credits ETF hits market

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
VanEck Australia has launched an ETF to give investors access to a global marketplace for carbon credits. VanEck Global Carbon Credits ETF (XCO2) will track the ICE Global Carbon Futures Index, which sources carbon credit futures prices from the four ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... growth is critical to improving the uptake of solar PV in Australia and around the world," Virescent Ventures managing partner Ben Gust said. The CEFC has committed $1.5 billion to large scale solar projects with a generating capacity of 2.1 GW, as well ...

Super fund satisfaction takes hit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
A survey of superannuation fund members found overall satisfaction has declined and more are considering changing funds. The latest CSBA FEAL Superannuation CX benchmarking report surveyed close to 5500 members from 20 super funds and found that customer ...