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Smart beta on the rise: Van Eck

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... ability to outperform as the key reason for changing their approach (64%), while 55% cited achieving better risk adjusted returns. Other motivating factors include the ability to reduce volatility (50%) and reduce costs (46%). Further, 88% of respondents ...

Industry fund and Lendlease strike $1.4bn property deal

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... model," he said. The US multifamily sector is valued at more than US$3 trillion and has delivered higher and less volatile returns than most major US real estate sectors during the past 25 years, a joint statement said. "The strength of the sector has ...

Millennials looking for impact: Research

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... issues, notably the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)." The number of respondents who consider investment returns to be "somewhat or very important" increased five points since 2016, reaching 86% in the 2018 survey. Demonstrating their ...

Aberdeen Standard launches AI-powered global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 AUG 2018
... launched a new fund that uses active quantitative strategies powered by machine learning to identify sources of potential returns. Launched in Luxembourg, the Aberdeen Global (AG) Artificial Intelligence Global Equity SICAV embeds machine learning to ...

JPMorgan fund excludes tobacco, cuts fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 21 AUG 2018
... manages US$181 million ($246 million) in Australia and aims to capitalise on global macroeconomic trends driving asset class returns. J.P. Morgan Asset Management head of Australia funds David Hallifax told investors in July that from August 8 the fund ...

HUB24 lifts targets

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... in HUB24's future growth and are now lifting our targets to achieve FUA levels, assuming consistent investment market returns and net inflow growth trends," it said in a statement. "This aspiration for HUB24's three-year growth is an uplift of on our ...

Advisers can help democratise philanthropy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... the philanthropic space and seizing leadership opportunities to make a difference without having to sacrifice financial returns. Williams told SSGA's Winning Edge event yesterday that the days of seeing philanthropy as writing a "big cheque" after amassing ...

Global equities fund purges tobacco, fossil fuels

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... grow steadily and was resilient to economic sharps," he said. "We identify stocks in our portfolio that can match the returns and the risk profile of tobacco in aggregate." Vontobel has "dialled up" investments in high-growth staples and stocks such ...

Swiss asset manager eyes Aussie instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... what we can do, what structures we have to deploy capital in the area," he said. The OECD strategy will target 9-12% in returns. It has a capacity of USD $1 billion. The investment team will look for potential investments in areas including large scale ...

Hayne sees red over failed merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018
... retirement savings to be put at risk, given that [the] policies and procedures that were in place to achieve those outstanding returns might, in fact, not be able to be guaranteed going forward." "And we're talking about a fund with exceptional performance ...