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Norway's sovereign wealth fund returns 10%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... energy infrastructure saw declines of 4.6% and 6.5% respectively. Also, the fund's overall performance trailed its benchmark index by 0.23%, a shortfall of $7.54 billion. Norges Bank Investment Management chief executive Nicolai Tangen attributed ...

High rates impacting REITs: Quay

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
... respectively. Over the same period, bonds also started selling off, Blaess said. In the US, the 10-year treasury yield, the benchmark risk-free rate rose from 1.4% to the current rate of 4.0%, peaking as high as 4.3% along the way. "The impact to REITs ...

APRA finalises framework for MySuper products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 AUG 2023
... of MySuper and lifecycle products. The crux of the framework revolves around adjusting the actual return formula and benchmark return formula. This translates to nuanced recalibrations during quarters marked by a change event, like shifts in lifestage. ...

Hejaz debuts Australia's first Islamic pension product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2023
... whereby its Sharia-compliant superannuation products were exclusively advised. "We feel that that's a conservative benchmark that we're working towards, we should be able to exceed that reasonably quickly. It's a rapidly growing market we're ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... providers, warning them that in the FCA's general view, ESG disclosures are poor. "There were often instances where benchmark administrators did not provide sufficient detail and description of the ESG factors considered in their benchmark methodologies," ...

Pinnacle steadies FY23 profit, FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... Riparian, Solaris and Spheria. Pinnacle named the Spheria Australian Microcap Fund as its star performer, outperforming its benchmark by delivering 12.4% over a five-year period, followed by Hyperion's Small Growth Companies Fund at 8.5% and the ...

IML launches Aussie shares fund as active ETF

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
... on the ASX, typically above $500 million in market capital. It further explained the fund (9.4%) has outperformed the benchmark (8.3%) by 1.1%, since its inception. Moreover, it has exhibited lower volatility and demonstrated better capital protection ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... provide a sufficiently detailed explanation that certain debt issuers lacking research coverage were still included in the benchmark," Vanguard said. "As a result, it is possible the portfolio held exposure to certain securities that may not have been ...

AI-fuelled narrow market challenges diversification: Epoch

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... unique, van Valen said "what we're seeing here isn't just the size of the returns, but also the size in the benchmark." This has magnified to the point where it's also impacting the MSCI World 1500 stock benchmark, where seven stocks are ...

Monochrome files for first Bitcoin ETF in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
Monochrome Asset Management, via its responsible entity Vasco Trustees, has lodged an updated application for its Bitcoin ETF with the ASX. The Monochrome Bitcoin ETF (IBTC) will be an exchange-traded fund that will offer retail investors direct and ...