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AMP launches new managed portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... Balanced, IndexPlus Moderately Aggressive and IndexPlus Aggressive. "The IndexPlus range combines the benefits of active and passive strategies into a unique, low-cost investment, delivered simply and efficiently through MyNorth," AMP director of wrap ...

Morningstar creates new ESG role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... acquisition of ESG research and ratings firm Sustainalytics. Bioy, who most recently served as Morningstar's director, passive strategies and sustainability research, Europe, will be responsible for driving and promoting sustainable research across ...

Aware Super unaware of members with disabilities

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2020
... stakeholders throughout the process. We wanted to do this once and do it right. We wanted our new name to be much more than a passive description of who we are or what we do," Stewart said in the announcement. "We wanted a name that holds us accountable ...

Calls for index industry disruption

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... forced asset management fees down, the indexed industry has escaped relatively unharmed, he said. "The shift from active to passive management has greatly benefitted providers of the indexes that serve as both benchmarks and investment strategies," Lefkovitz ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... favours active management. Additionally, almost seven in 10 advisers agree investors have a false sense of security in passive investments (68%) and don't understand of the risks of investing in them (72%). Natixis said financial professionals are responding ...

Mirova chief labels ethical investing pledges hollow

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... that if these investors really want to throw their weight behind sustainable change they should reduce their weighting to passive management on traditional indices, measure their impact on nature and biodiversity and vote more actively at general meetings. ...

A-REIT winners, losers of the 'new normal'

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... creating opportunities through an acceleration of structural shifts such as ecommerce," she said. "The main casualty is the passive investments that did not take into account earnings risk." Over the short term, the majority of A-REITs have withdrawn ...

Government announces fresh crackdowns on foreign investments

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... including a new national security test, strengthened compliance and integrity framework and a streamlined approval process for passive investments. The first will see all foreign investors face a review by the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) when ...

Senator criticises lazy super system

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... in turn made providers lazy. "I think there are some inefficiencies in our system that can be fixed, because it's a passive system, because it's compulsory, people don't actually engage in what their money is going into. It's very complicated ...

Active versus passive: The debate continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
In the pre-pandemic world, there was a lot of talk around passive investment but now that the markets have taken investors on a rollercoaster ride, are the active managers leaving or just biding their time? GQG Partners chief investment officer Rajiv ...