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ANU to recalibrate divestment policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... 2.8% in 2017, according to its Socially Responsible Investment Policy 2017 Report. However, offsetting this, its global equities portfolio which comprises 27% of the fund outperformed in 2017 by solid5.2%. Rainmaker estimates these combined results gave ...

Royal Commission to boost ETFs: VanEck

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... data. Already this year it has launched two new products; an emerging markets, smart beta ETF and a sustainable global equities product. VanEck has also been busy building out its team in Asia-Pacific, making key hires and expanding existing roles to ...

SMSF home bias drags returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... to Australian equities in February helped close the gap (See Graph 1). February saw a dramatic decline in most global equities markets with the exception of Australia; China A Shares fell nearly 6%, although remained positive over the 12 months with ...

SMSF expert joins boutique investment house

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... accounts, introducing the PPM Global Growth SMA in response to growing demand from clients for access to an active global equities manager. The PPM Global Growth SMA is available on Powerwrap.

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... investors on the ASX tomorrow. The first of the two new ETFs is Global Value Equity (ASX: VVLU), and invests in global equities with value characteristics. The second, the Global Minimum Volatility (ASX: VMIN), aims to deliver a return with lower volatility ...

SMSF pool still ripe for financial advice: AMP

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... a portfolio had to have more than four assets to be diversified. More than half (53%) said a mix of Aussie and global equities is diversified. About half (47%) said 20 individual equity stocks were enough to diversify a portfolio. "The research reveals ...

Evans & Partners vet launches new boutique, appoints distribution head

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
... Partners for six years, established Aoris Investment Management in November 2017. Before Evans & Partners, he was a global equities senior analyst at Global Value Investors, global equities managing director at Goldman Sachs and US equities analyst at ...

Antipodes expands investment team, creates active ETF

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Sydney-based global equities manager Antipodes is welcoming a new managing director as well as three new investment team members. It is also establishing its second active exchange-traded product and launching Irish-domiciled UCITS funds for its three ...

Bell AM recruits senior global equities analyst

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
Bell Asset Management is expanding its investment team with a new senior global equities analyst. Matthew Saddington joins Bell AM from Millinium Capital Managers, where he spent two years as an investment manager. Before that, he was an investment ...

Facebook scandal raises ESG concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... BetaShares, who removed Facebook from its Global Sustainability Leaders ETF (ETHI). ETHI is the largest ethical global equities ETF traded on the ASX, with about $170 million in funds under management. The decision by the fund's responsible investment ...