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Tide turns in ETFs, managed funds inflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
US exchange-traded funds ended 2020 with a new record for inflows, while managed funds set a record of their own - in highest outflows for a calendar year. Mutual funds are still roughly three times the size of ETFs in the United States, Morningstar ...

Global equities continue to soar: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
Global equities fared better than Australian equities in the three years to September on a risk adjusted-basis, a new RMetrics report finds. Rainmaker's quarterly RMetrics report looked at Australian and global shares across 270 products. On a risk-adjusted ...

Natixis launches racial equity strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... strategy is currently not available to Australian investors. The fund manager's recently launched Global Sustainable Equity Fund, managed by Mirova, is available to the local market.

Lonsec increases allocation to Talaria

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 DEC 2020
Lonsec Investment Solutions increased its investment in the Talaria Global Equity Fund. The new allocation will impact Lonsec's retirement model portfolios. The allocations are across their conservative, balanced and growth portfolios. "The Lonsec retirement ...

Active manager winning streak short lived

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
Persistence isn't key for many active fund managers, as a new report finds their ability to consistently beat benchmarks and stay in the top quartile is fleeting. The S&P Dow Jones Indices' biannual report found only a small number of outperforming ...

Acadian reduces fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... base fees, all performance fees have also been removed. "As a result of the changes, the Acadian Wholesale Australian Equity Fund is now offered at the lowest fee for an active Australian equities manager on the FirstChoice menu," Acadian said. Acadian ...

Climate change-focused fund introduced

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by 2% per annum on a rolling three-year basis, and is managed ...

Mike Baird to chair government fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Former Premier of New South Wales and National Australia Bank chief customer officer Mike Baird had landed a new role as chair of the Australian Business Growth Fund. The $540 million fund provides patient equity funding to growing small and medium ...

Ironbark to wind up emerging markets fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... (-0.8% p.a.), Ironbark Copper Rock Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (-2.8% p.a.) and the Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Fund. Average fees charged were 1.1% per year. The median fund only did 3.5% p.a. while the benchmark return was 5.6% p.a.

Pengana shutters income-focused fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... been around since August 2017 and was launched as an income-oriented alternative to Pengana's flagship Australian Equity Fund after Pengana merged with Hunter Hall. However, this fund aimed to invest in companies with underlying cash earnings yields ...