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Adviser ETF use grows

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
... investors and advisers are becoming increasingly sophisticated in their use of ETFs to achieve more targeted portfolio construction goals," BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur said. Further to this, advisers who are providing responsive investing ...

NZ Super Fund hires asset allocation head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... proxies and climate change strategy. Hyde will commence as head of asset allocation on July 1 and will oversee the construction of the reference portfolio and the allocation of risk capital across the fund and the Guardians' economic function. He ...

Centuria launches unlisted fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUN 2021
... Finance Department are some of the current tenants. In 2014, the Victorian government partnered with the now-defunct construction company Grocon, which went into voluntary administration in November 2020, to revitalise 1 McNab Avenue, Footscray, as a ...

Chief economist update: Home sweet home

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... 1 January 2021 and was closed to new applications from 14 April 2021". But as the ABS clarified, "...the value of construction commitments remained at a high level." The balance of supply and demand - plus the RBA's forward-guidance for another three ...

Vanguard head jumps to industry fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... Andrew Reeve has been appointed head of strategy and innovation - investments at Cbus, the industry fund for the construction and building sector. Reeve had spent about five years at Vanguard Australia as head of product management. Prior to joining ...

MAM fund buys waste company

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... assets in the waste sector for over 15 years. It currently manages investments in provide municipal solid waste, construction and demolition collection, transfer, treatment, recycling and disposal, as well as energy-from-waste, in the Americas and Asia ...

IOOF awards $23bn passive mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAY 2021
... assigning the mandate. "Invesco was selected based on its high aggregate score across the following criteria: portfolio construction, implementation and risk management, business management, smart beta capabilities and ESG credentials," he said. "Further ...

BlackRock secures licence to operate in China

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAY 2021
... Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has granted BlackRock CCB Wealth Management, which is owned by BlackRock (50.1%), China Construction Bank subsidiary CCB Wealth Management (40%), and Singapore investment firm Temasek, to begin operating in asset management. ...

Rest hires from Cbus, BT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... outsourced to external manager. He will also chair the investment selection sub-committee, responsible for portfolio construction in equities and fixed income, and will be a member of the management investment committee. Bluzmanis will report to Singh ...

Low FASEA pass rate continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... advisers have sat the exam with nine in 10 demonstrating they have the skills to apply their knowledge of advice construction, ethics and legal requirements to the practical scenarios tested in the exam." With consent, advisers who pass the exam can ...