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BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... allow individual investors in select mutual funds in the UK to engage in proxy voting via its technology platform Voting Choice. BlackRock chair and chief executive Larry Fink said it's clear investors don't want to sit on the sidelines and want ...

North adds to investment menu

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... investment managers and reflect a commitment to ensuring we provide advisers and their clients with access quality investment choice and flexibility." "Every enhancement we make to North, across investment choice and functionality, is informed by advisers ...

Hejaz receives RIAA fund certifications

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
Hejaz Financial Services received certification from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) on four of its funds. The funds include Hejaz Global Ethical Fund, Hejaz Equities Fund, the Hejaz Property Fund and the Hejaz Income Fund. ...

Don't water down YFYS: Grattan Institute

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2022
... as more data is collected to increase the tracking error tolerance of funds. It also said the expansion of the test to Choice products should proceed in 2023, citing "serious market failure" in the segment. It said carve-outs are bad policy and the test ...

Mirvac selects Lloyd-Hurwitz's replacement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... in 2016 as head of its integrated investment portfolio. Mirvac's chair John Mulcahy said that Hanan was an outstanding choice as chief executive. "We are delighted to appoint Campbell as the next chief executive of Mirvac," he said. "During Campbell's ...

Industry surveyed for Asia Region Funds Passport review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2022
... multilateral framework intended to support the development of an Asia-region funds management industry through greater fund choice, increased competition and regulatory harmonisation. It allows collective investment products offered in one member economy ...

Quantifying the value of a financial adviser

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2022
Russell Investments Value of an Adviser report says many investors are being pressured into sub-optimal investment decisions but having a financial adviser could add more than 4% to total portfolio value. So, even though advice fees have jumped 16% ...

Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... part of abrdn's product and distribution strategy in the region, said managing director - Australia Brett Jollie. The choice of the abrdn Sustainable Asian Opportunities Active ETF as 'the first cab off the rank' reflects abrdn's 30 years ...

AMP debuts hybrid retirement solution

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... clients were key. "A lot of products out there in the market don't allow advisers to do this, giving them that breadth of choice whilst providing longevity protection in a cost-efficient manner. I think we've ticked those boxes," she said. AMP chief ...

Vanguard unveils positive impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... ESG product range now includes three ETFs and five managed funds, Vanguard said. "We're trying to provide investors with choice in a market where everybody has a different view on what their version of ESG looks like," Reedman said. "It's important to ...