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Forager schedules LIT delisting

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... mulled over "what the perfect future structure looks like". FOR aimed to outperform the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index over a rolling five-year period with a concentrated portfolio of ASX-listed stocks. It returned 19.76% in the year to March ...

L1 Capital joint MD takes leave of absence

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
The joint managing director and co-founder of L1 Capital will take a medical leave of absence for three months. Mark Landau will take time off to undergo medical treatment for an early-stage treatable cancer, the fund manager announced this morning. ...

A quarter of advised Australians nervous about retirement

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2024
... how content Australians in or near retirement are, according to a new report. Challenger's inaugural Retirement Happiness Index, in collaboration with independent research house YouGov, conducted the study of over 1000 Australians over 60 to delve into ...

ASIC wins greenwashing case against Vanguard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... misled investors via claims it made about certain ESG screens it applied to its Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund. On March 8, the indexing giant admitted to "engaging in conduct that was liable to mislead the public and that it had ...

Vanguard lowers management fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
Vanguard Australia has reduced the management fee for the Vanguard Australian Government Bond (VGB) Index ETF by four basis points from 0.20% to 0.16% per annum, effective today. This latest fee reduction follows two fee decreases introduced this time ...

Bitcoin investing is on the rise, but more regulation is needed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2024
... of this event Australian investors have been stocking up on Bitcoin. According to the Independent Reserve Cryptocurrency Index (IRCI), cynicism around Bitcoin is at all-time lows, with fewer people considering it to be a scam - down from 14% in 2019 ...

Why active managers are falling behind in emerging markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... research paper, Factor-in Emerging Markets, revealed employing multiple factors would have outperformed the emerging markets index over the long term. It is an all-seasons approach, compared to active managers and single factor approaches that tend to ...

Investors being influenced by the 'Powell pivot'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... benchmark does not define 'success,' especially in sectors where the majority of managers have historically outperformed the index - such as investment grade credit." Additionally, the report found that for investment grade credit, closer analysis revealed ...

ASIC extends ETF class order

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... relief to issuers of all types of exchange traded funds (ETFs) and not only those that are passively managed and track an index. The class order allows relief that include exemptions for the equal treatment relief for responsible entities and corporate ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces new investment strategy and options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... delivered a return of 8.95% p.a. over 10 years to 31 December 2023, securing the number one spot in the SuperRatings SR50 Growth Index over that period," she said. The fund's Lifecycle strategy will be changing and will be implemented gradually between ...