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Tom Waterhouse now a fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
The horse racing scion is touting a managed fund that invests in gambling companies to wholesale investors. Waterhouse VCs gambling takes long-term stakes in listed and unlisted businesses related to gambling, focusing on three themes: dominant scale ...

New sales lead at ethical manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
An ethical fund manager with a new range of separately managed accounts has appointed a sales lead. Ethical Funds Management has appointed Peter Evans to the role of business development manager for their range of SMAs. Evans comes from BNP Paribas ...

Lack of transparency in ESG funds criticised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Research house Lonsec has criticised ESG fund managers for confusing ESG scores and a lack of transparency. "The traditional ESG approach tends to be more about process and less about outcomes," Lonsec head of sustainable investment research Tony Adams ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
The perfect storm of government stimulus and a new breed of retail traders with little investing know-how are resuscitating the share market, but for how long? According to Julia Lee, founder and chief investment officer of Burman Invest, numerous factors ...

VanEck to launch four new ETFs

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
VanEck is set to launch four new ETFs, capitalising on innovation in healthcare and major worldwide trends such as eSports. These include a Video Gaming and eSports ETF (ESPO), Global Healthcare Leaders ETF (HLTH), Morningstar World ex-Australia Wide ...

Presidents don't move markets much: S&P

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
With the US election fast approaching, S&P took a look at how elections typically influence the S&P 500. And, it turns out presidents might not be as influential as Donald Trump would like to think. Looking at data from 1928 to 2016, the S&P 500 rose ...

Tax impacting super fund investment strategies: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
New research from Parametric Australia suggests the taxation system is negatively impacting super funds' long horizon approach to investing. The research, titled Unlocked: A Framework for Superannuation Equity Portfolio Evolution in a Taxable Environment ...

GAM records $19bn in outflows

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... net outflows of close to $19 billion in the first half of this year, resulting in heavy hits to fee and commission income. GAM has reported a pre-tax loss of $3.05 million compared to a profit of $3.21 million same time last year. It follows almost $13 ...

Chief economist update: The next generation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
It didn't happen overnight, but it did happen. After five days of deliberation, negotiation and compromise, leaders of the 27 governments that make up the European Union (EU) unanimously agreed to an unprecedented €750 billion "Next Generation ...

Hearts and Minds but no ratings

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
Listed impact investment vehicle Hearts and Minds Investments has returned more than 26% on a 12-month basis, while also donating $4.1 million to medical research. Yet, the fund has faced major roadblocks when it comes to receiving a rating. The investment ...