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Industry fund awards $125 million mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
An industry fund chose Dimensional Fund Advisors for a $125 million allocation as it directs more of its Australian equities assets into screened passive strategies. Christian Super manages $1.6 billion on behalf of its members, of which 23% is in Australian ...

Boutique wins industry fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... selection, the super fund said. Christian Super has $1.6 billion in funds under management. About 23% of this is in Australian equities. The fund uses four external managers for its Aussie equities allocations. This includes one passive manager and three ...

AllianceBernstein wins industry fund mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... climate related risks in our broader Australian equity portfolio." AllianceBernstein chief investment officer - Australian equities Roy Maslen said the investment by NGS was a positive step towards promoting climate change sensitive investment decisions. ...

Challenger appoints funds management boss

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... managers in Australia, including Kapstream, Ardea and Bentham Asset Management, and has boutique partners in Australian equities, global equities and alternatives. Earlier this year, it attracted UBS Asset Management's small caps team as they looked ...

Suitability of managed accounts grows

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... technology and the increased number of assets which can be handled by managed accounts. "Historically it was Australian equities, we're now moving into international equities, there's a significant holding in managed funds within managed accounts, ETFs ...

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... mandates or vastly different portfolios. Treatment of franking credits in equities portfolios In combining the Australian equities portfolios of two merging funds, can the funds lose the ability to pass on franking credits for a period to their investors ...

UniSuper hires from Janus Henderson

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... reporting to UniSuper's head of equities Simon Hudson. In January, Janus Henderson started winding up its Australian equities funds which were run by an investment team of five who were put on notice. Head of Australian equities Lee Mickelburough has ...

Managed funds versus the ASX 200

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... significantly over the past four years, according to new Rainmaker research. Just one in 10 wholesale managed funds in Australian equities outperformed the index in the financial year, the data shows. The median fund returned 7.2% as compared to the ...

Boutique distribution lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... Rebecca Pun is now a portfolio manager at Viridian Advisory. In the new role, Pun is responsible for large-cap Australian equities. Pun held the lead distribution role at Fortius for just over a year, having joined from Uniting Financial Services where ...

State Street loses biggest ETF title

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... $3.9 billion after about $170 million of outflows during the month. Stepping into the top spot is another Australian equities ETF. Fee cuts working Vanguard Australian Shares Index (ASX: VAS) picked up $97 million in inflows during the month after dropping ...