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ClearBridge launches three active ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... sector not typically impacted by international trade. Regulation and cost pass-through mechanisms may shelter these companies from global trade and tariff headwinds more effectively than other sectors." Meanwhile, the infrastructure income fund invests ...

Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... long-term returns for Australian wholesale investors through a diversified portfolio of approximately 500 emerging market companies. This is coupled with Acadian's systematic style of investing, which includes quantitative models and algorithms to ...

First Sentier to enter Australian ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... listed access to an existing unlisted strategy that aims to deliver long-term growth by actively gearing selected ASX 100 companies that have strong balance sheets, growing cash flows, and liquidity. First Sentier Investors head of Australian equities ...

GSFM, Munro branch out to New Zealand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... fund, while Wellington-based Adminis Funds is the manager and issuer. A long-only strategy, the fund invests in 15 to 25 companies focused on decarbonisation and are tipped to benefit from clean energy and transport, the circular economy and energy efficiency. ...

Future Group positions super offerings for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
... invest in a dedicated Gender Equity Australian Shares strategy. Since 2021, Verve Super has directed its investments to companies that perform well when it comes to gender equality, including across pay parity, women in leadership, and inclusivity. The ...

US pension funds haemorrhage US$249bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... around 18% to 22%. Equable said the declines reflected a widespread concern that the economic value of privately held companies has been "severely affected" by the new trade restrictions. "We have not yet estimated how the losses to other asset classes ...

Janus Henderson to take on $75bn fixed income portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... billion (US$147 billion) in fixed income assets globally and over $183 billion (US$109 billion) for global insurance companies. The partnership positions Janus Henderson as a top 15 unaffiliated insurance asset manager. In addition, Guardian will commit ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... drawn out. But even regardless of negotiations, the reality is that damage has already been done, and when we talk to companies, it's clear that companies are putting off investment, there's a lot of uncertainty there," he said. "They're pulling ...

Lakehouse Capital lists first fund on ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... portfolio manager Nick Thompson said the fund's long-term, high-conviction strategy positions investors to focus on companies with clear strategic advantages - loyalty, network effects, and intellectual property - at a time when they're inundated with ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... on its investment in WiseTech over governance issues - an example that Pearce said can be problematic in founder-led companies. "[We're] not going to knowingly go to an investment where we think that there's a big red flag over the governance ...