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Index fund tops risk-adjusted rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... risk-adjusted measures. BetaShares' NASDAQ 100 ETF (NDQ) took first place in the latest Rainmaker's latest RMetrics Managed Funds report, delivering the best performance in the international equities high performance category in the three years ...

IOOF completes phase one of platform consolidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... products onto Evolve, its new super and investments platform. The project saw 38,827 client accounts and about $5 billion funds under administration (FUA) being migrated onto Evolve. Evolve houses IOOF Essential, which is for multi-manager funds, and ...

Maine forces pension funds to dump fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... traded fossil fuel companies". The fund must also divest any such holdings by 1 January 2026. However, short-term investment funds that blend commercial paper or futures are exempt from the restrictions. The bill, which was supported by Maine state treasurer ...

Perennial to launch fund, hires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... investors before they transition to a public listing. This is helping to expand the opportunity set for investors in our funds," he said. The third iteration of Perennial's private companies fund will use the same strategy as the first two - looking ...

ASIC drops Regal action

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has dropped enforcement action against Regal Funds Management following an investigation in 2019. Regal has received a formal no-action letter from the corporate regulator confirming that no ...

L1 Capital launches activist fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... investor-led stewardship in equity markets, particularly given that more corporate ownership has shifted to passive index funds," he said. The fund is targetting institutional, retail and high-net-worth investors. The investible amount is a $250,000 ...

Licensee to acquire Sentry Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... Wealth Today, which provides dealer group services and Spring Financial Group, which operates SFG Private Wealth, Spring FG Funds Management and Spring Realty. He is joined by Sentry shareholder and director Michael Harrison as a non-executive director. ...

Super funds back carbon startup

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... created by climate scientists it will assess how business might perform in a carbon constrained world. As well as the super funds backing Emmi, Melior, Hyperion and Perennial have thrown their weight behind the new platform. Hyperion Asset Management ...

James Mawhinney files appeal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... Mayfair 101 founder James Mawhinney is maintaining his innocence, fighting his 20-year ban from soliciting and receiving funds in relation to financial products. Mawhinney has retained Roberts Gray Lawyers and has lodged an appeal with the Federal Court ...

Super leaders recognised

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... 20-year tenure. Farrugia held the Catholic Super role for 30 years and is a fellow of both the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia and AIST. Meanwhile, Nancy Fox received a member of the order of Australia for significant service to the ...