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Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025

... Union and the UN Global Compact's Cities Program. Before arriving at U Ethical, she worked as an ESG consultant with MSCI and Urban Systems Advisory at AECOM, the infrastructure consulting firm. A technical expert group advisor to the Responsible ...

CFS awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025

... managed portfolio of high-conviction global equities, has some $2 billion in assets under management. It aims to outperform the MSCI ACWI (AUD) by 2-3% after fees over five-year rolling periods. Incepted in 2015, the fund is managed by London-based portfolio ...

Franklin Templeton, Pendal funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025

... respectively. Incepted on 22 August 1996, the fund aimed to provide a return before fees, costs and taxes that exceeds the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan (Standard) Index (Net Dividends) in AUD over the medium to long term. It invested in companies operating ...

DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025

... delivering as quickly as expected. The rise and fall and the rise again of Alibaba is one example. Alibaba once dominated the MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index, accounting for more than 8% of the index in 2016. At the end of April, it had a weighting ...

Vanguard ETFs claim first, second, and third place for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025

... Australian ETF review. The Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF brought in $533.6 million in inflows, followed by the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares (Hedged) ETF with $374.5 million, and the Vanguard MSCI Index International Shares ETF at $262.2 ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025

... returns across various assets, indicates that due to the "extreme valuation" of US equities and their dominant 70% share of the MSCI World Index, investors in conventional global market cap indices shouldn't expect higher returns for taking on greater ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025

... sharper focus. "But again, the difference between parties is negligible," he said. Australian equities underperformed the MSCI World ex-Australia Index by an annualised 0.1% under Coalition governments, and by 0.3% under Labor. "Given that total returns ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025

... approaching almost 70% by the end of last year. History, however, suggests that this dominance is bound to wane, according to MSCI chief research officer Ashley Lester. The rise of US financial assets relative to the rest of the developed world "is a ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025

... return. Equity markets, nevertheless, took pole position last year. International equities unhedged - represented by the MSCI World ex-Australia index - topped the table with a 31.11% return. Mercer global head of capital markets Harry Liem said equity ...

Frontier Advisors lands major mandate from asset management giant

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025

... Frontier believes it might have picked its moment well, with Japanese investment into Australia on the rise. According to recent MSCI data, Japanese investors have deployed more than $5 billion into Australian commercial property in the last two years ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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