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FTSE Russell launches gender diversity indices

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 FEB 2018
... series of indices to meet the growing demand for more transparent environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors in passive investments. The FTSE Women on Boards Leadership Index Series is designed to integrate a company's gender diversity leadership ...

Equity factor investing undergoes further examination

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... investing in new forms of equity factor strategies. The survey found multi-factor strategies tend to be implemented in a passive investment context. Even when dynamic, factor investing is generally based on risk budget management rather than active views ...

Active manager diversity breeds performance: WTW

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... short-term performance and these decisions often detract value over time. "We recommend investors either simplify (i.e., go passive) or raise their game, to diversify their active manager exposure. In our view, a well-constructed multi-manger, high active ...

Product agnostic planners boost ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... hearing of more and more professional institutions - including investment banks - using ETFs, and not necessarily for passive purposes, but also as an active thematic position," Cerulli said. "These factors, combined with ETFs' relatively low attrition ...

US advisers shifting to international equities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2018
... of the interest in actively managed funds, which may signal a reverse in the recent trend of asset flows from active to passive," he said. By the same token, almost a third (30.4%) of advisers plan to increase allocations to traditional index funds. ...

Colonial First State awards $168 million mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
... UBS Asset Management Australia's underlying clients. In October, UBS Asset Management was awarded a 10-year $18 billion passive mandate from a pool of local government pension schemes in the United Kingdom. The Local Government Pension Schemes ACCESS ...

Deutsche Asset Management rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 DEC 2017
... bank said all of Deutsche Asset Management's business lines - institutional and retail segments and across its active, passive and alternatives range - will unite under one umbrella and operate autonomously under a new legal structure coming into effect ...

AMP Capital launches NZ index products

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2017
... minimum initial investment for these products from $2000 to $50. "AMP Capital is committed to delivering both active and passive capabilities that match our clients' needs as we recognise the role they both play in a diversified portfolio. Introducing ...

ETF fees to plunge: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2017
... provider is a prerequisite to survival. Zero-fee ETFs will not become the norm, the report noted, but in 10 years' time, passive funds' assets will exceed those in actively managed funds globally. ETFs consequently will benefit disproportionately from ...

Macquarie listed equities chief departs after 28 years

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2017
... assets under management was impacted somewhat by the increasing strength of the US dollar. WTW also noted the rise of passive strategies: while the majority (78.4%) of assets are still managed actively, passive is gradually increasing its share of the ...