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Raiz Super regains losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
The micro-investing platform grew its superannuation funds under management by nearly 15% in the December quarter despite the impact of the early release of super scheme (ERS). Raiz Invest's superannuation portfolio swelled to $81 million or 14% from ...

ESG professionals in huge demand

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... ESG professionals is increasing, clearly outstripping supply of experienced professionals," Kaizen recruitment said. "Many funds are competing for the same limited supply of talent and it was challenging to find professionals who had the desired blend ...

Clime consolidates SMAs

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
... duplicated supplier arrangements and expand investment product availability. Project Streamline follows the closure of two retail funds, including the Clime Australian Value Fund in November. The two funds were "deemed uneconomical" and instead investors ...

Fund manager hires distribution lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 JAN 2021
Eildon Capital has appointed a head of distribution and investor relations in a bid to expand its funds management business. Lulu Yan will oversee the unlisted funds the firm manages. Yan came from Darland, a developer of residential property in Victoria ...

Future Super chief executive to depart

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... advocacy." Under Hunter and Sheikh's joint leadership, Future Super has been through a period of rapid growth. Future Super's funds under management crept over $1 billion in 2020, doubling since the middle of 2019 when the fund had approximately ...

Perpetual reports $2.7bn in net outflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... rotation to value stocks and our performance relative to benchmark has improved significantly across our Australian equity funds in particular." Perpetual Private's funds under advice grew by 6% to $15.5 billion, including $200 million in inflows. Perpetual ...

Tide turns in ETFs, managed funds inflows

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
US exchange-traded funds ended 2020 with a new record for inflows, while managed funds set a record of their own - in highest outflows for a calendar year. Mutual funds are still roughly three times the size of ETFs in the United States, Morningstar ...

BlackRock readies for crypto exposure

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
The world's largest asset manager is flirting with the idea of investing in cryptocurrency, priming two of its global funds to potential exposure to bitcoin futures. Two filings with US watchdog the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal that two ...

Aura hires executive from Challenger

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
Aura Funds Management has appointed a former Challenger executive to lead its property credit fund. Shaun Fernando is a new director and portfolio manager for the firm's real estate credit strategy in Australia and is based in Sydney. Fernando was an ...

Hostplus called out on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2021
... only if thermal coal contributes to a certain percentage of company revenue). In fact, six of the 10 largest industry super funds have now committed to net zero emissions by 2050 - AustralianSuper, Aware Super, UniSuper, Rest, HESTA and Cbus. Market ...