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Active managers grapple with EM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
New Rainmaker research shows just 30% of actively-managed emerging-market funds delivered on their promise in the last three years. The latest Rainmaker Wholesale managed funds performance report looked at 22 products with $6.5 billion of assets over ...

Vanguard launches new ESG offerings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... pertaining to labour rights, human rights, environment and anti-corruption. "In this range, we are focused on delivering funds that screen for the evolving needs and preferences of ESG investors while staying true to the core principles that underpin ...

APRA highlights heatmaps success

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... translates to 6.1 million members saving an aggregate of $110 million a year. In addition, a number of poorly performing funds and products have closed and transferred their members to better performing products." However, with the government's new Your ...

AMP names incidents, issues lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... advice. Papas gained experience in insurance, superannuation and investment management from organisations like BT, Oasis Funds Management and Colonial First State, working in senior risk, compliance and governance roles. She aims to help transform the ...

Perpetual talent departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... COVID-19 for the decline. Revenue for the full year also dropped, down 5% to $489.2 million, reflective of a lower level of funds under management (FUM). The board still decided to pay shareholders a final dividend of 50 cents per share, resulting in ...

Willis Towers Watson director departs for LIC

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... investment analyst, covering real estate strategies in EMEA and North America and portfolio management of Russell's GREITs funds. Prior to this, she worked in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia as an accounting intern and currency/inter-banking trader. ...

Proposed changes ahead for APRA's heatmaps

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... members to see MySuper products ranked by fees and investment returns. The tool will be based on information by APRA-regulated funds and persistently underperforming funds will be prevented from taking on new members. In addition, existing superannuation ...

State Super appoints academic oversight body

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... development of the investment data science capability. State Super chief executive John Livanas said the challenges faced by funds, of minimising downside risk while pursuing strong returns, in a liquidity constrained manner, are well known. "Charles ...

Financial advice more important than ever: HUB24

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... new licensees in the September quarter. Staging a $260 million bounce back after it suffered from the impacts of COVID-19, funds under administration were up 32% on the prior corresponding period to $19 billion, with the platform also seeing record net ...

Consortium eyes Link Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
... consortium stating it will vote in favour of the acquisition at an offer price no less than $5.20 should it proceed. Yarra Funds Management, NovaPort Capital and AustralianSuper also hold large shareholdings. Link's shares jumped as high as 28% when ...