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Mirova chief labels ethical investing pledges hollow

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
The chief executive of Mirova has refused to sign a pledge from global investors calling on nation leaders to invest sustainably in the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, saying they are hollow words. Over 100 global investors signed a letter through ...

RealIndex taps former RF Capital executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
First Sentier's systematic equities manager Realindex added a former RF Capital head of research to its investment team, as it continues to grow. Realindex has appointed Ron Guido as a senior qualitative portfolio manager. Guido's role is newly created ...

Regal Atlantic fund up 12.5% in May, down 61.65% YTD

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... positions took away more than 15% from the returns. Regal's overweight to material stocks like Australian gold producer Red 5, which rose 42% in the month as it completed a $125 million capital raise to develop a new site in Western Australia and ...

Government urged to extend stimulus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
The OECD has urged the Australian government to extend stimulus measures and warned that a second wave of infections could derail our economy. In its latest economic outlook report pointed out that while economic activity collapsed in the second quarter ...

UBS Australia launches new CBRE fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
UBS has added a new fund from CBRE Clarion to its lineup that will invest in listed and unlisted real assets for sophisticated investors in Australia. The UBS CBRE Global Real Assets Fund has a fund-of-fund structure and will invest in existing vehicles ...

Bad news for BDMs despite industry-wide uptick

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
The latest market update for financial services in Australia from Kaizen Recruitment contains some welcome good news, but times remain tough for business development managers. Kaizen recently surveyed over 50 financial services organisations regarding ...

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

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Both structural and cyclical headwinds threaten to impact Australia's real estate investment trust sector, with clear winners and losers emerging as the country gradually reopens. That's according to Pengana Capital Group portfolio manager Amy Pham ...

Life insurance activity rises: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Australians are taking a more active interest in their insurance and superannuation, as the impact of COVID-19 on personal finances continues to be felt, according to MetLife. The new research from MetLife found one in four Australians, or 28%, have ...

Super consolidation to slash 60% of funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Within the next decade, the number of superannuation funds serving Australians will drop by 60%, according to a new KPMG report. New KPMG research shows the 217 APRA-regulated superannuation funds will shrink to 138 within the next five years, with ...

Chief economist update: US labour market turns V-shaped

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
This US stock market rally is brought to you by the letter V. The much better than expected US non-farm payrolls report sent Wall Street on the up and up - the S&P 500 gained 2.6% on the day (4.9% on the week); the DJIA rose by 3.2% (6.8%); the Nasdaq ...