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Mandates from superannuation funds slow

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... also showed appetite for Australian equities ($983 million) and alternatives ($749 million) but mandates to other asset classes including fixed income were flat at under $100 million each. "Everyone's been obsessed with the COVID crisis. Now is not ...

Rest names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... proportion of Rest's direct investments into property, infrastructure and project finance debt as well as multiple other asset classes. These assets have been strong performers for our members over the long-term," she said. "I'm also grateful for George's ...

Capital Group appoints ESG head

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... role, she led a team of ESG analysts and corporate governance specialists integrating ESG across geographies and asset classes, as Schroders' global head of stewardship.

Pendal adds SRI lense to multi-asset fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... behaviour, stakeholder expectations and regulatory intervention, the firm believes earnings and asset prices across all asset classes will shift over the next decade and beyond. "Of course, we have already seen ample research that indicates outperformance ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... and Revenue, FIIG said there are a number of changes that would put fixed income on a level playing field to other asset classes. In its submission FIIG highlighted the "fundamental need" for structural changes in the Australian taxation system that ...

How competitive is the Australian ETF industry?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... industry moved from being highly concentrated to moderately concentrated between March 2019 and March 2020. Going by asset classes, Australian equities were the most competitive while active ETFs and smart beta products had the most concentration.

Global investment manager appoints APAC head

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... to help us serve our clients and build on Barings' significant presence in the Asia Pacific region across other asset classes," he said. "This strategic hire is further evidence of Barings commitment to attracting the very best global talent the real ...

ASIC warns funds to clean up adverts

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... claim. It did not name the responsible entities or the funds it asked to take correction action -- or even their asset classes only mentioning 'high yield' strategies were on its radar. Traditionally, funds that have made comparisons to term deposits ...

The secret to neutralising sequencing risk

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... decade of high returns, he said, and were subsequently blinded by the sudden downturn in the first quarter. Varied asset classes, thought to provide diversification qualities, "tended towards one"; negating any benefit investors thought they could have ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... risk. According to the investment manager, the fund has "minimal correlation" with the performance of the major asset classes, which helps investors gain diversified protection when included as part of a balanced portfolio. It invests across equities ...