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Colonial First State awards $170m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... Australia's investment management arm. The mandate was appointed as Zurich swapped managers. DWS's Australia and New Zealand passive management business is headed by Caleb Orr. From June CFS will trim its platform fees, in a move it says will save $68 ...

New Indian equities ETF to launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
... set to launch a new exchange traded fund that will invest in stocks listed on the National Stock Exchange of India. The passive ETF, named NDIA, will give Australian investors access to global companies such as Tata and Infosys. ETF Securities has partnered ...

Superannuation funds flag $113bn merger

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... 2013, VicSuper floated the possibility of a merger with Vision Super, but a disagreement about implementing an active or passive investment strategy scrapped the deal. First State Super oversees $91 billion in asset for members who work in the teaching ...

Zurich Investments shuts down fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... months after which the business will build a three-year strategy. Last month, Zurich Investments awarded DWS a $100 million passive management mandate for Aussie equities in a change of managers.

NZ Super makes transparency play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
The New Zealand government's retirement savings vehicle has established a platform to record its votes at listed company AGMs. NZ Super Fund will allow stakeholders to search its voting data by country and company, down to individual resolutions across ...

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... easing of US and Chinese trade tensions. Goldman Sachs has estimated that at least US$70 billion in inflows from active and passive managed funds is expected moving forward." The manager's A-share exchange traded funds (ETFs) are seeing increased ...

BlackRock launches Australian bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2019
... most asset classes without foregoing risk-adjusted returns," Vardy said. The ESG-focused Australian Bond Index fund is a passive investment strategy designed for ESG-aware investors seeking a core fixed income exposure to Australian-dollar securities ...

Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... to cash. DWS manages more than $177 billion in passively managed portfolios for clients. It's Australia and New Zealand passive management business is headed by Caleb Orr. "We are pleased to be able to provide our clients with the flexibility to choose ...

InvestSense hires head of adviser solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... key differentiator is the unconstrained process of building managed account portfolios using a combination of active and passive strategies, ETFs, managed funds and direct securities, he said. In appointing Carrington to help drive further growth in ...

Aussies instos join fight against weapons

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... to responsible investing, which we know is something many of our members value," he said. "We believe that active and passive investments should, by default, exclude controversial weapons." One hundred and forty two other institutional investors have ...