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ASIC restrains Mawhinney

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... has been promoting to the bitter end is likely over for now. Further, Mawhinney will not be able to receive or solicit any funds at all associated with a financial product. These orders apply to all products currently offered by Mayfair 101, including ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... Morningstar's revised analyst ratings methodology, which it says, more explicitly accounts for historical performance of funds against their category index, as well as individual fund-level fees. "We take a medium- to long-term outlook when determining ...

Lack of transparency in ESG funds criticised

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... and better tools to help investors make informed decisions about where they put their money." He thinks this is why ESG funds need to be transparent about the composition of their portfolio and their stance on sustainability.

SMSF member increase bill reintroduced

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... to the maximum number of allowable members. SMSF Association chief executive John Maroney said: "Although the number of funds that take advantage of this policy change may be small, the increased maximum has our support because it brings greater flexibility ...

Future Fund posts negative year, cashes up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... markets with its low allocation to equities (35% in total). The Future Fund's FY20 returns are identical to superannuation funds' default options, which also delivered median return of -0.9%, according to Rainmaker. Asset allocation at June end stood ...

Industry funds triumph July performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... over five years Cbus' MySuper option came in equal first with AustralianSuper at 6.7%, followed by UniSuper at 6.6%. The funds didn't fare as well over the past year, with UniSuper ranking 11th returning -0.1%, AustralianSuper coming in eighth with 0.2% ...

BNY Mellon expands to Asia Pacific

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... Taiwan Cooperative SITE as its master agent in Taiwan, which helps represents foreign institutions offering and selling funds in Taiwan.

Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
Funds managed by female portfolio managers are outperforming those managed by men amid the pandemic-induced market turbulence, according to Goldman Sachs research. Some 43% of female-managed funds have outperformed their benchmark year to date, compared ...

Market rebound leaves behind active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... according to asset management consultant Casey Quirk, a subsidiary of Deloitte. Many clients fled to lower-fee bond and cash funds amid the market uncertainty, while fee discounting further contributed to a 2.2% decline in average realised fees. On a ...

NPS buffers COVID-19 shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... which returned 7.9% and 4.24% respectively on a year-to-date basis. NPS invests heavily in domestic fixed income as 43% of funds are allocated to this asset class. About 40% is invested in domestic and international equity. The first half of 2020 has ...