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Morningstar ratings tally for global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... which put greater emphasis on people and processes and more explicit consideration for benchmark-relative performance. Five funds were upgraded from bronze to silver include AXA IM Sustainable Equity, Barrow Hanley Global Equity Trust, BlackRock Advantage ...

VGI Partners co-founder steps down from board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... executive position at VGI Partners in June and signaled his intention to stay on the board and remain an investor in the funds. However, as Tynan was an executive director of VGI prior to his decision to transition to a non-executive directorship role ...

S&P launches sustainable versions of flagship indices

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... BlackRock's iShares selected and licensed the indices to deliver sustainable investing alternatives for its exchange-traded funds in the US. iShares global head of product at BlackRock Carolyn Weinberg said she was excited to launch iShares ETFs with ...

Robeco extends exclusions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
Robeco announced it will now exclude investments in thermal coal, oil sands and Arctic drilling from all its mutual funds. The manager said the decision is an important step in its sustainable investing approach. Companies that derive 25% or more of ...

MLC cuts fees, commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... Fund will reduce from 1.4% to 0.99% and fees on the MLC cash fund will reduce from 1.06% to 0.80%. Fees on a range of other funds offered in MLC MasterKey Unit Trust have reduced too. Investors will also now receive a monthly fee rebate applied to all ...

VFMC adds to leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
Victorian Funds Management Corporation has welcomed a head of client and market development to its executive team. Sarah Dunn has been appointed to the role, effective this month, responsible for client and stakeholder management, market development ...

AMP Capital Ethical Leaders loses another mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... Leaders Balanced Fund off its own investment menus for AMP super members. In March, the fund had just under $1 billion in funds under management. A performance update from June says the fund size is now around $595 million. The AMP Capital Ethical Leaders ...

Super funds squander member money: Bragg

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
Senator Andrew Bragg is calling for greater scrutiny of how superannuation funds spend members' money, slamming the system that has enjoyed three decades of unquestioned opacity. Appearing at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia event ...

ASIC extends advice, capital raising provisions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... addition, ASIC has extended its 'no-action' position to superannuation trustees to December 31 from September 24, allowing funds to provide personal advice as intra-fund advice to members relating to ERS. "ASIC will continue to monitor the appropriateness ...

Westpac reaches $1.3bn AUSTRAC deal

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2020
... information that came to light after the civil penalty action was launched last year and relate to additional International Funds Transfer Instructions (IFTIs) reporting failures, failures to reasonably monitor customers for transactions related to possible ...