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CQS sold to Manulife Investment Management

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
Australian billionaire Michael Hintze has divested a significant portion of his multi-billion-dollar asset management firm to Canadian giant Manulife Investment Management. Under the acquisition, expected to close in early 2024, Manulife will own London-based ...

Institutional investor tips $30m into new Mantis offer

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... investor is an unnamed Australian institution. Mantis said the strategy will be divided into merger arbitrage and convertible bond arbitrage. Magnetar's merger arbitrage strategy was established under the premise that this type of investing may offer ...

ASIC to crack down on superannuation misconduct

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
... the investment manager issued "false and misleading statements", misrepresenting its Ethically Conscious Global Aggregate Bond Index Fund by claiming it screened all securities against specific ESG criteria. Separately, ASIC initiated civil penalty proceedings ...

Insurers drop allocation to risk assets: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
Over 80% of insurers are adopting a cautious investment approach, signalling their intent to decrease exposure to risk in the coming six months. Janus Henderson, in collaboration with Investment Trends, released its 2023 Insurance Asset Management Report ...

Inflation still too sticky: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... more measured pace, in view of some of the technical developments and fiscal debt pressure that's happening in the US bond and treasury markets," she said. "So, what we advocate in our portfolios and with investors is to increase the allocation to ...

Vanguard Super institutes advice fee function, tweaks options

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
Vanguard Super has rolled out a new function that allows members to pay for advice fees via their SaveSmart account - the super fund's lifecycle MySuper investment option. As of next month, Vanguard Super members can opt to have advice fees deducted ...

XTBs to be delisted following collapse

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2023
Equity Trustees has given notice that it intends to wind up the trust that underlies the collapsed Australian Corporate Bond Company (ACBC), requesting Cboe Australia allow it to delist its exchange-traded bond (XTB) products. Cboe has agreed in principle ...

Active funds outperform passive strategies - sometimes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
Morningstar has revealed that in sectors such as Australia mid/small blend and local large value equities, active funds demonstrate superiority, while passive funds remain dominant in markets with representative indexes. According to the research house's ...

Hejaz rolls out Australia's first Sukuk ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2023
Islamic Finance provider Hejaz has launched Australia's first Sukuk active exchange-traded fund (ETF), offering retail investors a Shariah-compliant fixed income solution. The Hejaz Sukuk Active ETF (Managed Fund) opened on the ASX today, comprising ...

SPDR slashes fees on six ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2023
... Fund's (SYI) annual management fee will fall by 15 basis points from 0.35% to 0.20%. The SPDR S&P/ASX Australian Government Bond Fund's (GOVT) annual management fee will drop 12 basis points from 0.22% to 0.10%. The SPDR S&P Global Dividend Fund (WDIV) ...