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Pendal shutters costly equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... investors who want the potential for long-term capital growth and tax effective income, diversification across Australian companies and industries. The fund primarily invests in a geared portfolio of Australian shares, including Australian listed property ...

ASX-listed companies flock to private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... trend of more delistings than new market entries, indicative of a shift towards private markets. The total ASX-listed companies dropped from 2289 in February last year to 2183 in February 2024, a near 1% decrease with 106 fewer companies. By February ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... and 15-year periods. Under Stevanovic's qualitative lead, the fund is in good stead." Kanelleas' Australian Small Companies Fund is currently in the top two quartiles of performance relative to category peers over all rolling periods ranging from one ...

Blackwattle Partners launches global fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... spread their investments thinly across a wide range of opportunities, our fund only focuses on the very best possible companies," Bangia said. "Our all-wealth approach to quality investing allows us to recognise a company's persistent competitive ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... tend to move together driven by the same macro drivers such as monetary policy or pandemic, it is difficult to pick the companies that outperform or namely the idiosyncratic risk that fund managers face, she told Financial Standard. "When the dispersion ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... including in fossil fuels, ASIC outlined. ASIC said the Bloom Fund used revenue thresholds which allowed it to invest in companies that derived up to 33% revenue from excluded activities, such as fossil fuels. "ASIC contends these revenue thresholds ...

GBST upgrades WealthConnect platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... with multi-entity scenario modelling, offering increased flexibility in modelling strategic advice for individuals, companies, trusts, and SMSFs. Additionally, GBST ushered in an "electronic consent capture" to enhance efficiencies without compromising ...

Copia seals distribution partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... the institutional and wholesale market in 2022. The actively managed fund invests in 30 to 45 global infrastructure companies, specifically those operating in utilities, energy, transportation, and communications, that aim to provide long-term total ...

TelstraSuper sweetens parental leave policy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... recognise the role they can play in helping improve retirement outcomes for women." The new policy follows the release of companies' mandatory pay gap reports by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) yesterday. According to the WGEA, TelstraSuper ...

Aware, Macquarie partner on green finance

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... "We look forward to working with Aware Super and Galway Sustainable Capital to support the development of projects and companies seeking to rapidly accelerate the transition to net zero." GSC chief executive Jennifer von Bismark said the deal will help ...