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American Century introduces small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... developed and emerging countries. It tracks the MSCI ACWI Small Cap Net Index. The fund launched in 2016 in the US. It returned 17.9% in the year to December 2021, and 32.5% over a three-year period. Senior portfolio manager Trevor Gurwich said introducing ...

Life insurers to embrace risky assets

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... alternatives. Insurers also held high proportions of assets in dry powder, while allocations to cash or money market funds returned 7% on average. This year, life insurers will ramp up their environmental, social and governance priorities to be ahead ...

Strongest quarter for BlackRock

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... record performance fees. Its earnings per share (EPS) was 16% higher for the full year as adjusted diluted EPS. BlackRock returned a total of $3.7 billion to shareholders in 2021. "Our business is more diversified than ever before - active strategies ...

New global chief for William Blair

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... investment banker. He was promoted to head the firm's European and Asian banking group in 2001, based in London. He returned to the US in 2009 as global head of investment banking. Under his leadership, William Blair opened offices around the world ...

Best-performing default funds revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JAN 2022
... default fund marginally achieved the highest return of 12.9% p.a. GuildSuper's Personal MySuper Growing lifestage option returned 12.3% p.a. while Virgin Money's LifeStage Tracker 1974-1978 achieved 12% p.a. Corporate fund TelstraSuper came in fourth ...

WAM to acquire two LICs

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 DEC 2021
... Euroz Hartleys Group. WIC has the same management structure, but invests in small to mid-cap ASX listed stocks. It has returned 12.9% p.a. since inception in 2005. WAM chair Geoff Wilson said the growth of the LIC sector through corporate activity has ...

Choice products not so choice: APRA

CHLOE WALKER, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 DEC 2021
... its benchmark. A slew of OnePath options failed egregiously. OnePath's OA Frontier - OnePath Tax Effective Income returned 5.35% p.a. but failed by 2.27%, while its OnePath Active Growth fell short of the benchmark by 2.12% p.a. APRA issued a red ...

HESTA leads trustee board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... Australian Ethical's Retail Superannuation Fund and Colonial First State's Rollover & Superannuation Fund each returned 8.7% p.a. over the decade.

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... jointly managed by UK-based portfolio managers Aneta Wynimko, Alex Gold, and Oliver Hextall. Since inception, it has returned 18.4% per annum while its benchmark achieved 16.4% p.a. Some of the top holdings the managed fund invests in include Microsoft ...

Boutique creates distribution lead role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... as portfolio manager to oversee the Long Short Australian Equities Fund, which launched two months later. The fund has returned 45% in the year to October, beating its benchmark's 28%; it has about $52 million in funds under management.