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Global X brings US infrastructure ETF to Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... followed by the world's largest US infrastructure development fund. PAVE, which tracks the Indxx US Infrastructure Development Index, invests in companies that are expected to benefit from increased infrastructure investment in the US. This includes ...

BlackRock has most valuable brand, study finds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2024
... Asset Management, coming in second with a brand value just under US$7 billion. However, it had the strongest brand strength index of 87.4 out of 100. Coming in third was Vanguard at US$6 billion. Meanwhile, for value PIF leads among SWFs due to its investment ...

GSFM to distribute new strategy in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
Investment fund distributor GSFM has partnered with Alantra Asset Management to bring its €1.3 billion listed European small and mid-cap strategy (EQMC) to Australia. The strategy will be available to institutional, wholesale, and family office investors. ...

Principal Finisterre launches new debt fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2024
... Principal said the strategy's total return approach, marked by active investment management and monitoring, devoid of index constraints, distinguishes it from conventional emerging market debt strategies. ​Principal Finisterre chief investment ...

UK forewarns Australia on wholesale test changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
After recently backflipping on changing its high-net-worth investor (HNWI) tests, the UK serves as a cautionary tale for Australia as it mulls overhauling its own wholesale investor thresholds. The UK government introduced new HNWI and sophisticated ...

NovaPort Capital team calls it a day

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
... million. Over three years, the NovaPort Microcap Fund outperformed its benchmark, the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index, delivering 1.71% against the index's 0.02%. Meanwhile, the Smaller Companies Fund delivered 2.43% against the same benchmark. ...

Seven fund managers scoop up First Sentier mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... Bond will soon become the Macquarie Australian Fixed Interest. BlackRock Investment Management is due to take over the CFS Index Australian Bond. Janus Henderson's Diversified Credit option will likely replace the First Sentier Global Credit Income ...

Loomis Sayles brings global bond fund to Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... hedged) composite, which has achieved a net return of 1.06% per annum above its benchmark, the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index, hedged to AUD, since its inception in 1998. The fund is jointly managed by Loomis Sayles' global fixed income co-heads Lynda ...

Macquarie Asset Management launches low-cost active ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... Asset Management (MAM) has launched two ultra low-cost systematic active ETFs on the ASX that seek to enhance returns over index performance. The ETFs will endeavour to outperform the index by combining data science and human intelligence. The Macquarie ...

Vanguard selects next chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... financial services for over 25 years, spending the last decade at BlackRock. He was most recently global head of iShares and index investing, a role he left in January. Prior, he held roles including head of US wealth advisory and global head of corporate ...