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Legalsuper celebrates double digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... High Growth option are broadly similar to that of the Balanced product, but also include sizeable allocations to global companies Sea, AppLovin, and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Goodman Group and Wesfarmers domestically. According to Legalsuper's ...

Hollywood actors lobby pension fund to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... signatures have been collected. The SAG-Producers Pension Plan currently invests about US$100 million ($154m) in fossil fuel companies, the letter states. The campaign is calling on the fund to divest from fossil fuel companies, including those involved ...

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... passive funds is unlikely to diminish the appetite for alpha among large institutional investors, such as insurance companies, foundations, endowments, and pension funds," the report said. Overall, alpha potential will likely prevail for asset managers ...

Life insurer chief executives step down, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2025
... appointment follows the assembly of the board of directors announced last Friday, which includes incumbent directors at both companies.

Perennial Partners buys Melior stake

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... alongside analyst Sona Fernandes. The Melior Australian Impact Fund predominantly invests in Australian and New Zealand companies, delivering positive social and environmental impacts aligned to sustainable development goals (SDG). There will be no changes ...

Airlie calls time on Concentrated Share Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... terminate the fund." The termination is set for June 24. Incepted on 6 November 2012, the fund invested in Australian-listed companies and was available to wholesale investors only. The fund is benchmarked to the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index and carries ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC Climate Action Progress Report that have disclosed transition plans, 92% are reporting on Scope 1, 2 ...

Equity Trustees rapped over the knuckles by ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... determination and website all stated that the fund invested in green, sustainable and social corporate bonds issued by companies. The PDS stated: "The Investment Manager's strategy for the fund is to invest in a diversified portfolio of liquid, fixed ...

Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... firms decreased significantly in FY24, hitting the lowest levels in 15 years. However, in the same period, those at companies outside of the ASX 100 rose considerably. Research by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) shows the golden ...

Select stocks in charge of their own destiny: Aoris

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... any given time, with weightings of no more than 10% each. It also remains diverse in selection, avoiding investing in companies that exert "homogeneous" elements. From those criteria, Aoris has laid out boundaries in avoiding investment in what the company ...