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ClearBridge launches unhedged fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... million in funds under management. The ClearBridge RARE Infrastructure Income Fund - hedged recently won the infrastructure award at the Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards. The launch of the fund comes after ClearBridge Investments was rebranded ...

J.P. Morgan acquires digital wealth manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
... J.P. Morgan Chase chief executive of international consumer Sanoke Viswanathan said. "We look forward to positioning their award-winning products alongside our own, and continuing to support their innovative work in retail wealth management." Chase will ...

Employers should pay SG rise: ASFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2021
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) showed businesses can afford to pay the increase of the Superannuation Guarantee without cutting the wages of employees. As of July 1, the SG rate will rise from 9.5% to 10% and ASFA argued ...

Index fund tops risk-adjusted rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
An index fund beat out active fund managers in the latest RMetrics rankings, topping the list based on returns and risk-adjusted measures. BetaShares' NASDAQ 100 ETF (NDQ) took first place in the latest Rainmaker's latest RMetrics Managed Funds ...

FPA to manage $1.5m scholarship mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
The federal minister for women has awarded the Financial Planning Association of Australia a mandate to deliver $1.5 million worth of scholarships. The scholarships, which are part of the Women's Leadership and Development Program, aim to assist more ...

CFS, UniSuper win customer satisfaction nods

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... Fund of the Year nod in the 2020 Customer Satisfaction Awards, while UniSuper took home the Industry Super Fund of the Year award. CFS also took out the Major Retail Super Fund of the Year, while AustralianSuper won Major Industry Super Fund of the Year. ...

Macquarie sweeps Investment Leadership Awards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... Leadership Awards held at Sydney's Luna Park last night. Macquarie IM won the highly coveted Investment Manager of the Year award, making this the third consecutive year. Macquarie IM beat finalists BlackRock Investment Management, Pendal Group ...

Aware Super awards $30bn mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
Aware Super has appointed an index solutions provider to take care of its passive equity and fixed income mandates. State Street Global Advisers will now manage about $30 billion in passive strategies for the $145 billion fund. The appointment follows ...

MAX Award winners crowned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... which went to Aware Super, BetaShares, Fidelity Investments and Link Group. The coveted Executive of the Year - Distribution award went to BT head of distribution Chris Mather, while the Executive of the Year - Marketing title was taken by Praemium's ...

HESTA awards mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
One of Australia's largest super funds, $60 billion industry fund HESTA, has selected a software-as-a-service platform to manage its finance operations. TechnologyOne was selected by the fund to streamline financial reporting, with the aim of allowing ...