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BetaShares to launch more megatrend ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... thematic ETFs, BetaShares will launch two of the offerings this month and the third in the months to come. Launching on the ASX before the year is out will be the BetaShares Electric Vehicles and Future Mobility ETF (DRIV) and the BetaShares Future of ...

Schroders launches Schroder Australian Equity Long Short Fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... who have a combined 40 years of experience in managing equities. David said the fund's objective is to outperform the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index after fees over the medium to long term by investing in, or short selling securities in, a broad range ...

Longwave hires portfolio manager from IFM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 NOV 2021
... continued success." Wanis and Jai Beathe launched Longwave in 2018, backed by Pinnacle, which owns 40% of the fund manager. ASX-listed Pinnacle reported a 108% increase in net profit after tax to $67 million at the end of June 2021. Its affiliates' ...

New private opportunities fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 OCT 2021
... management of approximately $400 million and currently manages three listed investment companies (LICs) - a micro-cap LIC (ASX: NCC), small cap LIC (ASX: NSC) and mid cap LIC (ASX: NAC).

Tim Wilson grills NAB on super ownership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... executive Ross McEwan on whether super funds have undue influence over Australian banks, as funds own larger portions of the ASX. Wilson asked NAB whether super funds, as shareholders, were seeking to influence bank outcomes. He expressed concern about ...

HGL relaunches fund to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... ASX. It targets a return of 15% per annum before fees and consistently outperformed the Australian equity market and ASX Small Ords Accumulation index. In the year to 30 June 2021, it returned 38% (after all fees), beating the ASX200 by 15%. The fund ...

Responsible investment sector hits $1.2tn

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... responsible investment funds either performed in line the Australia Fund Equity Large Blend benchmark but underperformed the S&P/ASX 300 in 2020 for the three- and five-year time horizons. The report noted that one possible explanation is "companies ...

Stellar year of returns for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... beat their benchmarks, but the outperformance was stark this year -- with median fund's 41% to 33.2% from the S&P ASX Small Ords Accumulation Index. Top three performers in Aussie small caps were: Bennelong Emerging Companies Fund (54.8% for FY21) ...

Super, fund manager ASX dominance launches inquiry

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2021
... as the committee's chair, said that the "this inquiry is urgent". "There is already high concentration of ownership of ASX listed companies by an increasingly small number of 'mega funds' and that trajectory will increase," he said. The Australian ...

Royce Investment Partners launches small-cap fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... Small-Cap Premier Fund is an actively managed, unlisted Australian unit trust that will not invest in companies listed on the ASX. The fund will invest in between 60 and 85 companies with no more than 10% of the net asset value invested in any individual ...