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ESG-themed funds fall short of expectations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
New Morningstar research comparing the carbon emission risk in managed funds has seen some ethical-themed funds missing out on a low carbon designation. A low carbon designation was awarded by Morningstar to funds with a low carbon risk score for their ...

Super funds release $1.3bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... and value of early release benefits paid to members and the processing times of those payments. The regulator said all 167 funds that it requested data from regarding early release payments provided it, however mentioned that not all funds received applications ...

How Cbus is servicing early release requests

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... response legislation. It has totaled $384.8 million so far, which Fok said is lower than what it expected. Superannuation funds were asked to provide their modelling of early release amounts and numbers by APRA in March. And Cbus initially estimated ...

Advice group research head departs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... management, strategic asset allocation, portfolio construction, developing/managing model portfolios and researching investment funds and ETFs," Anderson said. "Most recently Maggie served as the chief investment officer of an Australian based digital ...

IOOF sees surge in FUM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
IOOF announced funds under management grew 34% in the third quarter to $195.6 billion, despite recording a negative impact from its advice and investment management arms. The company said it recorded net outflows of $262 million from its financial advice ...

Property manager bolsters leadership team

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2020
... for the group, now and into the future." Meanwhile, Parisi will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the firm's funds management business. Parisi has over 19 years experience in property investment management. Prior to accepting the role with ...

Junk by name, junk by nature?

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... securities and sectors become." Aberdeen Standard Investments head of Australian fixed income Garreth Innes said investors and funds must do their due diligence in the current environment. "High yield credit spreads are wide (bond prices are low), so ...

Future Fund not buying the oil dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... said in a media briefing for Future Fund's quarterly results on Monday. He said the fund's exposure to oil is through hedge funds and other investment managers who may invest in the asset class from time to time. "We are always interested in different ...

Super CIOs defend illiquid assets

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... and more defended allocations to illiquid assets. Following weeks of scrutiny over potential liquidity issues facing super funds, the chief investments officers from AustralianSuper, First State Super, LGIAsuper, MLC, QSuper, Sunsuper, TelstraSuper and ...

More super funds will merge: QMV

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
COVID-19 will be the shove that forces some superannuation funds to merge, while others thought safe prior to the pandemic will also be left pondering consolidation. According to QMV practice lead Anthony Forbes, there are certain funds that are going ...