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Bloomberg indices to rebrand

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Bloomberg will rebrand one of its widely-referenced indices on 24 August 2021. The Bloomberg Barclays fixed income benchmark indices will soon be known as the Bloomberg Indices. The move is part of a co-branding agreement with Barclays Risk Analytics ...

FactSet nabs MSCI executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
FactSet has appointed a new regional sales director for Australia and New Zealand hiring a long-time executive from MSCI. Natalia Stansall has stepped into the role, after serving 16 years at MSCI as executive director of client coverage. A spokesperson ...

Ironbark to wind up emerging markets fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Ironbark Asset Management has terminated an emerging markets small caps fund, after the underlying manager decided to close. The Ironbark Copper Rock Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund aimed to beat the MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index (in AUD) ...

US manager eyes Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
A fund distribution business co-founded by Schroders' former head of institutional sales has signed on a US-based global equities manager looking to tap into the Australian market. Axius Partners will distribute Polen Capital's high-conviction global ...

Loftus Peak lists active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
The Sydney boutique has listed its top-performing global equities fund on the ASX as an active ETF, while removing it from the mFund market place. The Loftus Peak Global Disruption Fund was the top performer in large-cap global equities funds with 24.2% ...

First strike at Pengana LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
Pengana International Equities (PIA) faced a first strike against its remuneration report, as about 49.9% of votes went against it. Unitholders of the LIC had two resolutions before them at the October 28 Annual General Meeting: THE reelection of David ...

Industry fund launches new passive options

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
A $6 billion industry superannuation fund has introduced a range of low-cost, indexed investment options for members as it closes two other options. LUCRF Super has made changes to its range of investment options to offer members a wider range of low ...

Death of value investing a myth: Realindex

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
The rise of a small handful of growth stocks is creating a distortion and obscuring the true performance of value investing in global markets, according to Realindex. In a research paper titled Value is dead, long live value, Realindex quantitative ...

Melbourne firm wins $1.1bn in mandates

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
Melbourne's MSC Group has been appointed to provide trustee and fund administration services to three Australian fund managers that are 50% owned by Oaktree Capital Management. Argyle Capital Partners, January Capital and Fortitude Investments Partners ...

Ausbil drops fees on global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
Ausbil Investment Management has dropped the fees on a global equities fund with a sustainability focus by about 30bps. The Candriam Sustainable Global Equity Fund went from charging 1.05% per year in management costs to about 0.75% per year, effective ...