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Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Aberdeen Standard Multi-Asset Real Return Fund Perpetual Diversified Real Return Fund - Class W PIMCO Global RealReturn Fund SMART BETA AB Managed Volatility Equities Dimensional Australian Small Company Dimensional Global Core Equity Trust Dimensional ...

CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... SelectingSuper data. It beats all other retail funds in employer lifestage super returns for a 40 year old over 3 year period: ANZ Smart Choice returned 6.2% p.a., Essential Super Employer returned 6% p.a. and Mercer SmartPath delivered 5.9% p.a. Colonial ...

Simpler fee disclosure on ASIC agenda

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... this could have a significant impact. "Forcing funds to now bundle indirect costs into the headline fees is meanwhile a smart move as these indirect cost ratios were, in effect, fees anyway," he added. ASIC is seeking industry feedback until 2 April ...

Joint venture to set new ETF standard

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... strategies. There will be 106 high-quality, liquid, cost-competitive index solutions managed by BlackRock Canada and 44 index, smart beta and actively managed solutions overseen by RCB GAM. Under the partnership, five of RBC GAM's existing ETFs will ...

Global manager wins super fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... portfolios that reflect our clients' preferences around factor exposures. "Super funds and their advisers have their own smart ideas about what kinds of portfolios they want. Sometimes a traditional manager will be best to make these ideas real. But ...

FICAP launches 2019 program, names new charity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
The Finance Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) is gearing up for its "Who Wants to be a Rockstar?" fundraiser, with the new charity announced this month. Last Thursday, the FICAP committee and the charity beneficiaries from this year's fundraising ...

Special Report: Hitting new ETF goals

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2018
... creating more demand for indices in sovereign, composite and high yield. Interestingly, despite recent attention on ESG and smart beta indices, these own less than 6% of the market combined, Redding says. For an index provider, Bloomberg LP head of portfolio ...

Swiss manager invests in Queensland solar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... investment team will look for potential investments in areas including large scale solar farms, wind re-powering projects, smart-grid and smart metre roll outs and e-mobility charging infrastructure. The SUSI Asia energy transition strategy will target ...

Whitehelm targets $2.4tn sector

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018
Whitehelm Capital and a Dutch pension fund service provider have combined to launch the Smart City Infrastructure Fund with about $400 million in seed funding. The investment vehicle is set up to pool pension fund investments in select smart city infrastructure ...

Westpac admits it didn't take FoFA seriously

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2018
... delivered," the report said. The bank has closed 47 branches and 443 ATMs in the year, but almost half of its ATMs are now smart ATMs, up from just a quarter five years ago. More than 70% of all electricity generation projects that the bank financed ...