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Investment manager creates new executive role

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAR 2021
... to work with Fortius, especially given his history with the group. "I've watched Ray and Sam establish Fortius as the benchmark for successful real estate investing - they stayed disciplined, found opportunity overlooked by others and delivered for investors," ...

Rainmaker reveals 2021 AAA super products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
Of the 692 superannuation products reviewed by Rainmaker, 29% have received a AAA Rating for 2021, with 11 offerings added to the list. Rainmaker looked at 692 products from 178 superannuation funds for its annual assessment. In analysing the offerings ...

Hyperion ETF goes live

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
... same fee structure as the unlisted fund which is 0.70% per annum management fee and a 20% performance fee above the benchmark (MSCI World Accumulation Index). The Hyperion Australian Growth Companies Fund delivered the highest return in the large-cap ...

Must prepare for demise of LIBOR: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has told financial institutions they must be prepared for the "imminent demise" of LIBOR. RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Christopher Kent said as the deadline for LIBOR is fast approaching, financial institutions ...

Life Company of the Year named

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has announced the winner of its 2020 Life Company of the Year award, going to the same insurer four years in a row. TAL took out the top spot again with runners up AIA Australia, MLC Life Insurance and NEOS Life. ...

Foresight Analytics acquires research firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... on wholesale and retail managed funds, separately managed accounts and exchange traded products. It can also create benchmark portfolios/indices for calculation of debt risk premiums. Foresight Analytics founding director Jay Kumar said the complementary ...

New investment manager enters Aussie market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... returns for our investors in areas they have had little access. For instance, most global managers rarely stray from benchmark included securities and US managers are becoming more politically constrained," Feng said. "Without those constraints and comprehensive ...

Celebrating women in financial services

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... role and continue to review this at pay review time. Don't make excuses that someone negotiated better - if you benchmark the results, the gap should be removed. Larisha Jerome, community engagement and project officer, First Nations Foundation Q ...

Montgomery launches two global strategies

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
... to 35 high-quality growth companies from around the world. The fund delivered 16.42% per annum net of fees, while its benchmark MSCI ACWI Net Total Return Index returned 10.77% p.a. Around June 2021, the Polen Capital Global Emerging Markets Growth Fund ...

VanEck launches new ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... international opportunity is 20 times bigger with approximately 4000 listed international small companies making up the benchmark, MSCI World ex Australia Small Cap Index." However, Neiron said, not all the companies are desirable from an investment ...