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Gas transition to take 'decades rather than years': UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2026
... invested, as of 30 June 2026, across 75% of its portfolio. In comparison, the ASX 300 sits at 43.5 tonnes and the MSCI World Index at 17.1 tonnes.

Showcase: A technical advantage

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
... back retiree lifestyles is the confidence-to-spend gap, not the size of balances". Challenger's Retirement Happiness Index 2026, released in April, points to a similar conclusion. Around 46% of Australians surveyed feared running out of money in ...

Robeco pitches Enhanced Indexing strategy to instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
Robeco has launched a new systematic strategy for institutional investors, designed to manage the Australian index's overconcentration in banks and miners. Robeco's Enhanced Indexing strategy for equities is benchmarked against the S&P/ASX 300. The ...

Mercer reshapes fund manager lineup for fixed income strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2026
... the new investment strategy, which will mean providing an exposure to Australian sovereign bond returns using an enhanced index, multi-manager approach. Previously, the fund provided exposure to Australian sovereign bond returns using a partially active ...

China's comeback story has three core themes: Matthews Asia

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2026
... Innovators Fund returned 19.33% in the 12 months to September 30, outperforming its benchmark - the MSCI China All Shares Index (-11.46%) - over the same period. Meanwhile, its flagship Matthews Pacific Tiger Fund, which invests into multiple Asian jurisdictions ...

MSCI proposes taking away Indonesia's EM status

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2026
... suspected coordinated trading behaviour. In the review, MSCI said if sufficient progress was not evident by the November 2026 index review, it would consider launching a consultation on reclassifying the Indonesian market. "Market participants have indicated ...

Janus Henderson launches global equities active ETF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... (ASX: JGBL) has been listed on the ASX, offering investors access to a strategy that seeks to outperform the MSCI World Index while keeping overall market, country and sector exposures broadly aligned with the benchmark. Rather than replicate index weightings ...

Longwave brings small-cap strategy to ASX

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2026
... format. The fund returned 8.2% annually after fees to 31 August 2026, outperforming the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 2.6 percentage points a year, according to Longwave. Longwave co-founder and chief investment officer David Wanis said ...

ETF assets hit $388bn as inflows near $7bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... inflows during September, taking total assets under management to a record $388 billion as investors continue to favour index-based strategies, international equities and fixed income. According to Betashares' September 2026 ETF Review, industry assets ...

Brighter Super expands indexed investment suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2026
... investment options. Brighter Super said. The Indexed International Shares follows a weighted combination of the MSCI World Index in Australian dollars, with 20% hedged and 80% unhedged exposure, while the local strategy is designed to perform in line ...