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New Zealand super goes green

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 15 AUG 2017
... reserves. As part of the major deviation, Guardians of the New Zealand Superannuation Fund announced the $14 billion global passive equity portfolio will employ a low-carbon methodology, exiting active investment in companies including Genesis Energy ...

Avoid the ETF trap: Bell Direct

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2017
Online trading platform Bell Direct is warning investors to avoid the "ETF trap", as the move to passive strategies gains substantial pace and inflows reach all-time highs. Bell Direct chief executive Arnie Selvarajah said that for many investors passive ...

UniSuper brings investment option in-house

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 7 AUG 2017
UniSuper, the $60 billion fund for Australia's higher education and research sector, is appointing an active strategy for its once passively managed environmental investment option. Under this important shift management of the Global Environmental Opportunities ...

Asset managers feeling profit squeeze

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2017
Profit margins of asset managers globally contracted for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis, research from the Boston Consulting Group shows, warning fee pressures are continuing to rise across the industry. Despite global assets under ...

Plum Super launches retirement product

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2017
... Plum Retirement Income offers two different investment paths - Cultivator and Self Select - that cater to both active and passive investor types. Cultivator Investment Path : offers members an automated investment and drawdown strategy, designed to deliver ...

China awards private fund license to $900bn manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... China in its efforts to open its capital markets to the world," Buehlmann said. This news follows AMP Capital awarding a passive suite of mandates, collectively representing $17 billion, to UBS AM. The mandate was spread across global and domestic equities ...

Asset managers still charging more for less

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... "One point raised in the feedback, which we want to address, was a perception that our interim findings suggested that passive funds were preferable to active funds. "This is not the case. Rather than focusing on one strategy over another, we think it ...

Asset managers must overhaul operating model: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... asset managers believe the volume of mergers and acquisitions will persist in the next five years, meaning the rise of passive management will force active managers to consolidate, and many smaller mangers will not survive as a result of regulatory pressures. ...

VanEck launches floating rate ETF

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... 200 FRNs from 80 issuers. It has a running yield of 2.74% as at 31 May 2017. "We are delighted to shortly be offering a passive FRN option for Australian investors. FLOT is designed to be a potential solution for investors who are seeking a defensive ...

Limited super investment in VC holding Australia back: AVCAL

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2017
Limited investment by super funds in Australia's venture capital sector is holding back the growth of innovation, says the Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. According to a new research report, institutional capital - predominately ...