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COVID-19 to remain dominant in 2021

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... especially acute, which in turn prompts us to rethink how we construct balanced portfolios," it said. "The use of alternatives - to provide income and diversification - is more imperative than ever." Similarly, T.Rowe Price released its Global Market ...

Aware Super backs electricity transition

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2020
... the state's electricity supply, with a useful life expected to run out in 15 years, to cheap, clean and reliable alternatives. Chief investment officer Damian Graham said Aware Super was pleased to see a focus on improving the state's electricity grid ...

Hastings founder launches new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... Macquarie-managed The Infrastructure Fund (TIF). The business has also hired former Hastings staff. Connolly was also the head of alternatives at TelstraSuper, where TRUE director Miriam Patterson worked, as head of real estate and infrastructure pro ...

Franklin Templeton shuffles distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... sales, she will now lead both the institutional and retail sales teams. She was previously head of institutional and alternatives. Walsh has been with Franklin Templeton for two and a half years, after an 11 year career at Willis Towers Watson and five ...

Perpetual rejigs WealthFocus fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... Funds is across all asset classes: fixed income, property & infrastructure, Australian shares, international shares, alternatives and diversified funds. In fixed income, the fee changes include Vanguard Australian Fixed Interest Index (1.33% to 0.49%) ...

Aberdeen drops fees on fixed income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... rather than simply looking at headline yields, which have also come down dramatically on term deposits and other cash alternatives," Aberdeen Standard Investments head of Australian fixed income Garreth Innes said. "Fixed income remains an asset class ...

Industry fund flags fee cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 NOV 2020
... $90 per $50,000 invested. The largest reduction in fees was seen from the indirect cost ratio in the diversified alternatives option which went from 1.57% pa to 1.24% pa. The fee per $50,000 invested dropped from $785 pa to $620 pa. Recently, four of ...

Link rejects revised offer

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 OCT 2020
... PEXA) assets envisaged under the revised proposal," Link wrote in a statement. Link said it continues to examine alternatives, which includes separating or demerging PEXA. The consortium has upped its bid from $5.20 per share to $5.40 (via a scheme of ...

Link rejects takeover offer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... preliminary analysis of the consortiums alternative structures including the proposed implementation. At this stage, these alternatives do not constitute fully formed proposals and, as noted above, a value of PEXA and Link Group (ex-PEXA) was not included ...

Alternatives win big mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
Alternatives asset managers won the most mandates last financial year, marking their best period yet, according to new research. Rainmaker's Mandate Chaser shows the last 12 months to June 2020 were busy for alternatives managers, experiencing a ...