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Inalytics develops new data-driven model

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
... enhance performance. "Active fund managers are looking to fight back against the competitive pressures they face from passive funds offering cheap exposure to equity markets," Di Mascio said. "If active managers can't compete on price, they must ...

Brookfield, Infratil sell mobile towers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
Brookfield Asset Management and Infratil are offloading their stakes in Vodafone New Zealand's passive mobile tower assets. Brookfield and Infratil bought 49.5% each of the assets in 2019 for NZ$1 billion. Now, alongside Vodafone, which will continue ...

Hostplus links returns to active approach

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... different market conditions, enables us to smooth out returns over the longer term, as opposed to some of the lower cost, passive products in the marketplace where investors are more exposed to market movements." "With more volatility forecasted in the ...

Uncertain times calls for portfolio dynamism: Insight

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... funds are growing ever larger, and with that, they certainly have far more foreign currency risks," he said. He said a passive hedging program is needed in instances such as these but how they're done can make a real difference. Ereira said: "They'll ...

Mammoth aggregate returns for ETF investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2022
... have lower fees, but we've also seen these ETFs outperform 90% of their active ETF counterparts." While positive about passive ETFs, Brycki took aim at thematic ETFs linked to trends or niches. "Unfortunately, these thematic ETFs have lost investors ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... air of complacency surrounding the situation. "Most are completely underprepared for what's coming and seem to prefer passive reassurance that all will be okay than preparing proactively for the inevitable," he says. "It is difficult but necessary to ...

LGIAsuper reduces fees, adds indexed option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2022
... admin fee of 0.18%. On a $50,000 balance, a member would pay $140. Rainmaker Information's most recent fee study found passive options offered by super funds charge an average of 0.12%. LGIAsuper said the ability to broaden the menu is the result of ...

Millennial super fund fails to GROW

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... to a younger membership base and employing an active strategy where other disruptors based their offering on low-cost, passive solutions. As other 'millennial' funds failed to gain ground and ultimately closed, like Zuper and GigSuper, GROW Super ...

YFYS changed how funds invest: JPMAM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... miss out on higher returns by favouring more conservative, benchmark-hugging strategies in response to YFYS. "Although passive investing is known as an economical way to have market exposure while maintaining reasonable risk diversification, it also ...

Government vows support for SMEs, self-funded retirees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2022
... delivering $1.85 billion in cash flow support for 2.3 million small to medium businesses, sole traders and individuals with passive income (including some self-funded retirees) that are eligible to use the instalment amount method," Frydenberg said. ...