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Schroders readies private assets offering

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... total costs. There are no performance fees. "One thing we did when we started to think about this fund is we wanted it to be clean and transparent. That's something that is unique about this fund - there are no performance fees." Schroders, best ...

Perpetual wins government fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... Islands. It will invest across a variety of sectors including agriculture, healthcare, education, financial inclusion and clean energy, according to DFAT. It will not offer grants and instead use loans, equity and guarantees to encourage additional investment ...

Westpac sells legacy stake in Pendal

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
Westpac sold its 9.5% stake in Pendal Group after market close yesterday sweeping clean its stake, and will continue to withdraw from the $14 billion in assets that Pendal currently manages for it. The block trade, which was handled by UBS last evening ...

ASIC warns funds to clean up adverts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
The Australian Securities and Investment Commissions has asked 13 managed funds to fix their advertising, and is threatening the wider sector with enforcement action for misleading claims. ASIC says it forced seven responsible entities and 13 funds ...

Fidelity launches sustainable fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... unexplored by investors," Lecourt said. "Investment opportunities in these sectors are driven by ever increasing demand for clean water and sanitation needs, as well as a better ability to manage the waste created by populations growing larger, wealthier ...

ASIC mainly concerned with media releases: Lawyer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
Hamilton Blackstone Lawyers managing director Cristean Yazbeck has argued that ASIC is mainly concerned with its own reputation and the media releases it can put out in relation to action on financial advisers. Yazbeck said in a paper that after ASIC ...

IFM Investors hits back at MP demanding probe

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
... Investors chair demanded a wider investigation including retail super and wholesale managed funds, said IFM would come out clean anyways and explained the manager's tight-fisted responses to Wilson's comprehensive questionnaires. "The media reports regarding ...

Impact investing set to skyrocket: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... billion in this period, as Australian investors - including super funds and family offices - increased their exposures to clean energy, housing, education, health and conservation. The report shows 93% of those surveyed found their impact expectations ...

Super release widens gender gap: AMP

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
The government's early release scheme is widening the gender superannuation gap, as a higher proportion of women draw down on their super savings to weather the COVID-19 crisis. The analysis, coming out of AMP, found that 21% of women were withdrawing ...

Let's not waste the crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020
As the nation's states and territories gradually reopen, business leaders have been called upon to harness the learnings of the crisis as we move into the next stage of recovery. Flexible working, reduced business travel, worker's rights, board ...