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LIC seeks options for performance woes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... picked up performance recently with returns of 18.02% over the six months to December 2020 compared to MSCI AC World benchmark of 10.65%. However, TGG recorded dismal results in the six months prior where it returned -11.38%. Despite the better performance ...

Mason Stevens bolsters Melbourne team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
Mason Stevens is continuing to build out its Melbourne office with the appointment of a sales director from Challenger. David Johnson, who will be based in Melbourne, spent over four years at Challenger as state manager for Victoria and as a senior ...

Chief economist update: Too much of a good thing could be a bad thing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
... (CBO), America's public debt soared from US$9 trillion to US$21 trillion between 2010 and 2020. So much so that benchmark 10-year US Treasury bond yields have risen to a 14-month high of 1.78%. This suggests that Uncle Sam would be paying higher ...

Changes on Perpetual Industrial Shares Fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... benchmarked to S&P/ASX 300 Industrials Accumulation Index. It has been running since 1995 and is currently under the benchmark on three, five, 10 and since-inception basis.

Northern Trust AM's stellar year

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
Northern Trust Asset Management's local business swelled its client assets by 70% last year as it added four new institutional mandates. The business has been in Australia for about five years, and currently employs seven people with another hire ...

QSuper pokes holes in YFYS legislation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
QSuper says the Your Future, Your Super bill's proposals may result in higher operational costs at superannuation funds and delays in decision-making, alongside less talent for their boards. In its submission to the YFYS consultation, the industry ...

APRA gains traction on superannuation data project

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAR 2021
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released its final reporting standards for the first phase of the Superannuation Data Transformation (SDT) as it looks to clear out underperformers. Phase one addresses the most urgent gaps in APRA's ...

Northern Trust launches green strategy

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... carbon emissions intensity and an almost 100% reduction in potential carbon emissions of the strategy against the parent benchmark, MSCI World Index."

Australians bullish on 2021 recovery

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... achieve better-than-average returns over the next year (up from 46% on Q3 2020), while 57% expect to outperform the benchmark index (up from 40% on Q3 2020). The period saw the number of investors who sold risky assets in exchange for cash-like investments ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
... research, use negative screening for particular revenue streams, and target carbon intensity of least 20% lower than its benchmark, the S&P /ASX200 Accumulation Index. Lopez said the fund will invest in stocks it sees as "improvers" that may be screened ...