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CFS launches low cost geared index options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Colonial First State (CFS) has today launched two new geared index options through its $109 billion FirstChoice platform, giving investors leveraged exposure to local and global markets. The first passively managed geared investment options to be offered ...

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
Robeco Australia launched the Robeco Global Developed Sustainable Enhanced Index Equity Fund. The fund aims to achieve a higher ESG score than its benchmark, the MSCI World Index. Specifically, it is focussed on ESG issues including reducing the environmental ...

Sunsuper moves $20bn mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 NOV 2021
... passive investing mandate, replacing Vanguard Australia. State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) has been appointed passive investment manager for the $90 billion fund. It comes after Vanguard announced it would no longer be managing super fund mandates ...

Macquarie leads Aussie managers in global ranking

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 OCT 2021
Macquarie Group continues to be Australia's largest fund manager with US$424 billion in assets and places it 64th in a global ranking. In this year's top 500 largest global asset managers list compiled by Willis Towers Watson and Thinking Ahead ...

ETFs hit $125bn milestone

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
Australia's exchange-traded fund sector reached another milestone, hitting $125 billion in August. Equity ETFs continue to dominate inflows, representing the majority (85%) of total flows for the month. International equity ETFs had over $1.4 billion ...

Qantas Super introduces passive option, drops fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUN 2021
The $9 billion corporate superannuation fund is launching a passive investment option to members tomorrow, while also reducing administration fees and the amount it contributes to its defined benefit pool. From tomorrow, Qantas Super members will be ...

Diversa, BetaShares relationship probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... assessing the underlying assets in those ETFs because they have to meet our screens... That means it is not a passive investment, it's an active investment," Hosain said. Hosain said that when Future Super first came to market there were no off-the-shelf ...

Future Super, Verve accused of misleading members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... ETFs because we constantly look at the underlying assets and they have to meet our screens. So, it's not a passive investment." Hosain clarified that although the fund might buy a single BetaShares product, it has a duty to ensure that all underlying ...

Future Fund slashes fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
The Future Fund is paying less in fund management fees as it pivots toward more passive investment strategies. During the last financial year, the fund paid $224.7 million to external investment managers, nearly a quarter (23%) less than the total payout ...

AMP awards mandate to BlackRock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
BlackRock has won a passive investment strategy mandate from AMP New Zealand for an undisclosed amount. AMP's subsidiary AMP New Zealand Wealth Management (NZWM) has awarded the mandate to BlackRock Investment Management to deliver the new indexed ...