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Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
The latest Global Dividend Index by Janus Henderson Investors revealed global dividends experienced an uptick of 5% on an underlying basis, reaching a record of US$1.66 trillion in 2023. The report revealed the year closed on a particularly positive ...

Managed account FUM closes in on $200bn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... recorded improved growth in the second half of 2023 with a 7.6% increase in the value of the ASX / S&P 200 Accumulation Index, giving an annual growth rate of 12.11% in 2023," Milliman practice leader, Australia Victor Huang said. "The subsiding inflation ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... following the burst of the bubble economy during the late-1980s, its equity market recently hit new highs. The MSCI Japan index was up ~29% in 2023 and another ~14% YTD to 29 February 2024 (in local currency terms). "Improving corporate governance is ...

Coalition's super for housing scheme slammed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... each from their super could retire with about $195,000 less in today's dollars. A Mercer study of its Global Pension Index found countries that allow early access to retirement savings for housing did not have higher rates of home ownership than ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... that include Parent and Process. Since 2016, Stevanovic's management of the Australian equities fund has outperformed both index and category peers, positively adding to the strong historical track record, Morningstar said. "The fund's performance is ...

Advisers show growing interest in ASX-listed Bitcoin ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... development and investment globally," he said. "The firm's European arm currently manages 12 crypto ETPs, and its MarketVector index subsidiary was the first to launch a definitive suite of digital asset indexes with its flagship Bitcoin & Ethereum Benchmark ...

EG to target intermediaries

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... client portfolios, and most advisers will say: 'Unless you can demonstrate a long-term track record of outperforming an index, we will use an index'." Weingarth also highlighted the rise of alternative assets in a client's portfolio. "Private markets ...

Low investor demand sees equities funds wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... $66.8 million in funds under management. The fund was established in April 2012 and tracks the S&P/ASX 200 Total Return Index, investing in mid- and large-cap stocks. It has a three-year annualised return of 6.16% versus the benchmark's 9.56%. Meantime ...

Vanguard chief executive Tim Buckley to retire

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... Management Group since 2017, Davis currently oversees $8 trillion in global assets managed by the firm's fixed income, equity index, and quantitative equity groups. Prior to being named chief investment officer, Davis was principal and global head ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... match or outperform the S&P/ASX200, which returned 12.4% per annum, SPIVA's 2023 Australia scorecard revealed as the index. They also fared worse than the long-term average of 60%. S&P Dow Jones Indices APAC director and head of index investment ...