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Young, bullish online investors drive trading: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... in trading activity over the six months out of the total of 1.28 million active investors. Trading activity in global equities also jumped, the survey found, growing 152,000 during the period. Global stocks now comprise 8% of investor portfolios on average. ...

Qantas Super, Australian Retirement Trust to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... members under the age of 45, delivered a 11.8% return. Glidepath Take-Off has a strategic asset allocation that consists of equities (75%), alternatives (23%), and cash (2%), with no allocation to fixed income.

Betashares launches new currency hedged ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... seek to minimise the impact of currency fluctuations on investment performance," he said. Interestingly, international equities have been the preferred asset class for ETF investors this year, receiving the highest level of net inflows as sentiment shifts ...

Aware Super closes fixed interest fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... funds available, including the Capital Stable Fund, Moderate Fund, Balanced Fund, Growth Fund, Cash Fund, Australian Equities Fund, and International Equities Fund. In addition to the fund closure, Aware super updated its tax parcelling methods with ...

MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
MLC Asset Management has awarded Janus Henderson a $285 million emerging markets equities mandate. Janus Henderson said the mandate showcased the growing need for Australian institutional investors to have exposure beyond major market indices. The mandate ...

Robeco launches two new strategies

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... sustainable transition, both from financial and sustainability perspectives. The Emerging Markets Climate Transition Equities strategy focuses specifically on the transition toward a low-carbon economy, aligning with the goals of the Paris Agreement. ...

Australian ETF industry blazes past $200bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... data shows that local unlisted funds had outflows of $3.8 billion over the same period. International and Australian equities were the preferred asset classes for investors, with net inflows of $5.6 billion and $3.3 billion, respectively. Fixed income ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... and cyclical doubts challenged views in both equity and bond markets," Metcalfe said. "Investor optimism toward Chinese equities faded in June with flows falling back from above to simply average levels. This did not deter stronger long-term investor ...

The investment managers winning the biggest mandates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... Australian-sourced funds, was awarded a $2.92 billion international equites mandate from Cbus and a $327 million Australian equities mandate from Brighter Super, totalling $3.25 billion. This made Alphinity the top manager for mandates by total value ...

Global outfit acquires Vasco Trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... entity services, and compliance and licensing solutions. Vasco Trustees has clients in Australia, Asia and the US across equities, fixed income, real estate, and multi-manager funds. They include Australia China Investment Fund, Acre Mile, Infinity Capital ...