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Best managed funds, ETFs named

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... returns but also score well on factors such as how much their returns varied month to month. In ETPs, the winner for Australian shares was Shares Core S&P/ASX 200 (ASX: IOZ) followed by Vanguard's VAS and State Street's STW. The best fixed-interest ...

Retail default fund tops performance table

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... the latest Rainmaker league table shows, but on an aggregate industry superannuation funds outranked peers. Australian Ethical Super's balanced accumulation fund (6.7% p.a.) was the best performer out of a list of 40 products, followed by UniSuper's ...

Best super, pension fund revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... out the awards for best innovation - ESG investment leadership and best ESG super product. Elsewhere in ESG, Australian Ethical was awarded best innovation - ESG trailblazer. Also in innovation, the community partnerships award went to LUCRF Super, which ...

Finance is least ethical sector: Governance Institute

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 NOV 2020
... advisers increasing to a score of 20% from 2%, fund managers to 14% from -3%. Industry superannuation funds remain the most ethical among organisations up 9% to 41% followed by independent superannuation funds at 28%, stock exchanges at 29% while investment ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... released an ambitious list of recommendations to transform Australia's financial system to sustainable outcomes. The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative has released its final roadmap, outlining 37 recommendations to enable the financial services ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... low score was Fidelity Investments. Note, Fidelity Investments is a separate company to Fidelity International's Australian business. Morningstar described ESG as being on the "fringe" of the US manager's investment culture. "...The firm created ...

AMP Capital shutters Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... in the three years ending September where it did 4.65% better than the index p.a. AMP Capital last restructured its Australian equities offering in 2017, when Murray joined from Macquarie. Earlier this month, AMP Capital shut its four active ETFs that ...

Australian Ethical executive departs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
Australian Ethical's head of people and culture has left the business after seven years. A spokesperson for Australian Ethical confirmed Fiona Horan returned to her native Ireland after over 25 years in Australia in October. "In line with our focus ...

RIAA, AXA IM launch adviser ESG guide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... professionally managed investments are using one or more responsible investment approaches. "RIAA's research shows Australian investors would like to increase their allocation towards impact investments more than fivefold over the next five years, so ...

Fresh fundies outperform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... Fund, returning 31.4% to August 31. This was followed by Pendal's MicroCap Opportunities Fund (20.8%), Australian Ethical Emerging Companies Fund (20.6%) and Lakehouse Capital's Small Companies Fund (18.6%). Spatium Capital is run by Nicholas ...