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Ord Minnett expands footprint

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... Rybarczyk will be supported by Nathalie Leonard as office manager and will offer private investor clients services such as SMSF, funds management, investment banking and portfolio services. Ord Minnett chair Warwick Smith said the new office is an opportunity ...

Centuria spends big ahead of fund launch

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... occupied. All properties are located within key industrial submarkets with excellent transport connectivity. Centuria head of funds management Ross Lees said: "Centuria has a strong track record with actively managing industrial and logistics properties ...

Chief economist update: Taper talks are premature

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... expected and in a unanimous decision, the Fed confirmed: "The Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at zero to 0.25% and expects it will be appropriate to maintain this target range until labor market conditions have reached ...

ASIC detects imposter bond scam

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... been sending victims professional-looking fake prospectuses with unrealistically high returns and falsely claiming investor funds will be pooled to invest in government bonds or the bonds of companies with AAA credit ratings. In addition, further tactics ...

Maple-Brown Abbott finetunes Aussie equities lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... Maple-Brown Abbott 's Australian Geared Equity Fund has been around since 2002 and uses leverage to invest in two other funds from the firm: the Sharemarket Fund and Small Companies Trust. Over that period, it returned 6% p.a. while the S&P/ASX 200 Total ...

Investors going in blind: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... investors have pushed the share price of US-based retailer Gamestop over 600% in the last week in a bid to short-squeeze hedge funds. The amateur investors, using the Reddit forum WallStreetBets, are reportedly targeting hedge fund Melvin Capital Management ...

Big year for ESG ahead: MSCI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... survey. Around 200 executives at different asset owners were surveyed by phone late last year, representing sovereign wealth funds, insurers, endowments/foundations and pension funds. All together the executives manage around $18 trillion in assets. ...

HESTA awards tech mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... asset-owners in Australia move to internal investment management. "Having supported some of the world's largest pension funds, both in the region and globally, we are confident that the scope of our partnership, including vital front office delivery ...

IOOF buffeted by advice restructure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... its advice business in the second quarter due to its business transformation program known as Advice 2.0. The company's funds under management saw losses of $400 million in the quarter to 31 December 2020. IOOF said the result actually reflects a strong ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... benchmarks. This outperformance was even more pronounced during the first quarter downturn, another instance of sustainable funds' resilience that we have seen in prior downturns. And the broader array of sustainable investment options will continue ...