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BlackRock, State Street, Vanguard sued over climate stance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2024
... and Peabody Energy are responsible for more than 30% of all the coal produced in the US. The lawsuit claims the asset managers' involvement in the companies led to them producing less coal but charging more for it. For instance, from 2019 to 2022 Peabody ...

Ausbil to launch inaugural ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... manager Michael Price said he sees a substantial opportunity in the Australian listed market for active dividend income managers. "While there are several passive, rules-based options available, we believe Ausbil's active management approach provides ...

Hostplus ups fees, makes $125m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... Hostplus said the changes for these options were due to an increase in management fees charged by external investment managers for the international equities (developed markets) and fixed income asset classes, and an increase in performance fees for ...

CFS awards equity, infrastructure mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) has tapped two fund managers to oversee its Australian equities and infrastructure strategies. ClearBridge Investments is now sub-advising a listed infrastructure mandate on the FirstChoice platform. ClearBridge declined to ...

Investors plan to continue private markets love affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... expecting to increase their exposure to private markets over the next 18 months, with infrastructure and private debt managers expected to benefit most. That's according to bfinance's latest Global Asset Owner Survey, which found 53% of investors are ...

Pinnacle goes global with acquisitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... completed a $400 million placement in support, Pinnacle Investment Management is acquiring stakes in two international fund managers. Pinnacle is taking strategic stakes in VSS Holdings and Pacific Asset Management for a total of $142.8 million. Pinnacle ...

Future Fund to back energy transition, residential housing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2024
... long been an investor in infrastructure, both in Australia and abroad, maintaining mandates with major infrastructure managers like QIC and EQT. Meantime, the Housing Australia Future Fund was created in 2023 with the purpose of meeting Australia's ...

ASIC narrows in on private market investments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2024
... all laws and standards of market conduct and integrity, that their investments - whether held directly or through fund managers - are valued appropriately, and that risk is clearly disclosed and communicated to members," Constant said. "I want to congratulate ...

Low-cost funds outperform in most asset classes: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... small-cap equities have equally returned 28%. The outlier is attributed to consistent missteps in stock selection by active managers, as measured using the information ratio, the report stated. "In contrast, the most expensive quintile was hampered by ...

Active managers outperform in limited asset classes, fall short in survivorship

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
Active fund managers tend to outperform their passive counterparts in certain categories like Australian equity income and bonds, but the latter has better survivorship rates, according to Morningstar's latest Active/Passive Barometer report. The analysis ...