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Fidelity launches global fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... associated upside growth prospects," they said. The process involves Younes and Abela narrowing down the universe to 1000 stocks, which are then allocated to four segments: quality, value, transition and momentum. The strategy is based on the existing ...

Low rates put retirees at risk: Vanguard

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... projects that increased shareholder value instead. The research warned of the risk of tilting a portfolio towards value stocks, finding that the higher yield an equity portfolio delivers, the more substantial the amount of concentration risk the portfolio ...

BetaShares' Nasdaq ETF surpasses $1bn

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... fund's $500 million in inflows was new money, with the remaining $200 million thanks to a rise in value of global technology stocks. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur said the ETF manager was excited that the fund had achieved such a significant ...

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... Screened Index, and the S&P SmallCap 600 Sustainability Screened Index. S&P said the indices measure the performance of stocks involved in business activities that avoid controversies and are aligned with ESG investors' values in their respective parent ...

Index manager, friend charged for insider trading

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... Securities and Exchange Commission for reaping over US$900,000 in illegal profits off trades made with prior knowledge of stocks that would be added to or deleted from an index. The SEC alleged that Yinghang "James" Yang, who worked at a global index ...

AMP tops worst-performing super funds list

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
Retail superannuation funds provided by AMP and OnePath continue to charge high fees and deliver poor returns for members, the latest Fat Cat report shows. For the sixth year in a row, AMP continued to dominate robo-adviser Stockspot's Fat Cat list ...

Sanlam withdraws from 8IP relationship

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
Sanlam Private Wealth says it has terminated its agreement with Eight Investment Partners. In January 2019 the two entered a strategic support agreement, with Sanlam to provide middle office services to 8IP, which was founded in 2009 by Kerry Series. ...

Boutique appoints chief operating officer

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
... Management as its chief investment officer. Alium runs two strategies: a market neutral fund and public-to-private ASX stocks fund. It was founded by Michael Considine, Rajeev Gupta and Jason Rich and currently has about $220 million in assets under ...

New ETF set to debut on ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... The fund also invests in heavily discounted cyclicals, including Star Entertainment and Crown Resorts. These deep value stocks have significant growth upside, Bell said, yet to be factored into their share price in the COVID environment. "Star's current ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
... officer Jamie Nicol and portfolio manager Scott Kelly. The fund is style neutral and invests in a concentrated portfolio of stocks with the aim of beating S&P/ASX 200 Industrials Accumulation Index over rolling three-year periods. Top 10 holdings at ...