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Dimensional launches global ESG bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
The $738 billion asset manager has launched a new global ESG fund that will invest in fixed interest bonds of companies that shun tobacco, alcohol and gambling, among a variety of ESG factors. Dimensional already runs an existing sustainability strategy ...

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... management," Stockspot founder and chief executive Chris Brycki said. Six Park, an automated investment management company says interest in robo-advisors will pick up as investment heavy-weights adapt it. "In the US, the game-changer was the point at ...

Chief economist update: RBA certain to raise interest rates

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... yesterday. Perhaps, Lowe is itching to experience the kind of power the RBA Governor holds with even a minor tweak in interest rates for the official cash rates had been stuck at a record low 1.5% since August 2016 - one month before he assumed office ...

DigitalX launches crypto-heavy fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... DigitalX Funds Management business will act as the fund's investment adviser and parent-company DigitalX will hold a 73% interest, putting in $750,000 in seed capital drawn from its existing Bitcoin and Ethereum asset base. The fund can hold more than ...

Investor education key to healthy ETF market: SPDR

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... something, because whatever that leveraged ETF does, it will need attention," Blitzer said. Ross said SPDR has a vested interest in making investors aware of these issues, because "if an ETF investor has a bad outcome on buying their first ETF, they're ...

Default options safeguard retirement savings: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... literacy than younger people or those in other countries, but about half of them answer basic questions about inflation, interest rates, and diversification incorrectly," Bateman said. Research previously undertaken in the United States analysing Prescription ...

Instos chasing EM debt for value

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
Institutional investors are setting their sights on emerging market debt in an environment where equities and interest rates seem fully valued. Speaking to Financial Standard, Grant Samuel Funds Management chief executive Damien McIntyre said that interest ...

Global firms build hedge fund cash service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
... functionality to help its clients meet requirements, minimize cash financing costs and invest excess cash in a rising interest rate environment," Shalaby said. "With Cash Optimization, investment managers have access to Hazeltree's cash management and ...

Flinders fund offers insto rates for retail investors on HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... data. Flinders Emerging Companies Fund is currently investing in companies that re-invest in themselves. Current low interest landscape means blue chip stocks will struggle to deliver capital growth in coming years, the investment manager said. "Looking ...

Chief economist update: Trump trumps Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 10 APR 2018
... achieve a smooth transition. This could be one of the reasons behind the BOE's signalling that another small increase in interest rates is nigh. The British central bank last lifted the Bank Rate from 0.25% to 0.5% in November last year. Financial markets ...