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New Vanguard regional ETF capital markets lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... ETF market finished the end of the financial year with $146 billion in assets, according to Vanguard estimates. Australian bond ETFs reported a sizable jump of 54% to $1.74 billion in the last 12 months. International bond ETFs had the biggest boost ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
ASIC is taking Vanguard to court over greenwashing allegations relating to a global bond index fund. This is the second time the market regulator has acted against Vanguard over greenwashing. ASIC has lodged civil penalty proceedings in federal court ...

Insignia offloads investment bonds unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2023
... bid to pay off debt. Australian Unity's subsidiary Lifeplan Friendly Society will take over Insignia's investment bond business, which operates under IOOF Ltd, valued at $1.1 billion. The total consideration of $40 million comprises $36 million ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
UniSuper achieved double-digit returns for FY23, revealing the shares that helped get it there and those that held it back. With more than $120 billion in assets under management, the fund returned 10.3% to members invested in the default Balanced option ...

TelstraSuper MySuper delivers 9.34%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
Buoyed by the local and global share markets and defying periods of volatility, TelstraSuper's MySuper Balanced option delivered 9.34% in the 2023 financial year. Chief investment officer Graeme Miller said the last financial year provides another example ...

UK pensions tapped to strengthen local startups

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
The UK Treasury has announced plans to consolidate the nation's pension fund sector and unlock £75 billion in retirement savings to back high-growth companies. Yesterday, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the Mansion House reforms and cited plans ...

Equity managed funds in record outflows: Calastone

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2023
... Teresa Walker said, it stands in stark contrast to trends in riskier assets. "June's shock rate rise from the RBA pushed bond prices down and this slowed the inflows, but with yields now having reset at even more attractive levels this slowing may ...

BlackRock drops more ETF fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... has lowered the fees on a number of other ETFs, including the iShares Core S&P/ASX200 ETF (IOZ) and iShares Core Composite Bond ETF (IAF). "Following our announcement earlier this year to significantly lower the cost of core index exposures, we have ...

HESTA generates 9.59% investment return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUL 2023
HESTA has delivered a 9.59% return for its balanced growth investment option. The balanced growth investment option, which most of the industry fund's one million members are invested in, was buoyed by strong equity market performance, bolstered by ...

Capital Group unveils multi-sector income fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2023
The US investment manager has launched its Capital Group Multi-Sector Income Fund (MSI) to the local market. MSI combines investment-grade corporate bonds, high-yield corporate bonds, emerging market bonds and securitised credit in a single portfolio. ...