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Myer Foundation backs new strategy

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
... early investors in a global manager's new Aussie equities strategy. AllianceBernstein's AB Managed Volatility Equities - Green ("Green MVE") is a new unit class in its AB Managed Volatility Equities Fund which has outperformed the index by 4.1% p.a. ...

Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... firm has two other partners, Ian Gillies who was country head for wealth planning at Credit Suisse Private Banking and John Green who was the head of markets at NAB Private Wealth. Hamilton has held the roles of NAB Private Wealth's general manager ...

Fund manager strengthens alternatives capabilities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
Natixis Investment Managers plans to launch a new affiliate - Vauban Infrastructure Partners - dedicated to infrastructure equity investing. Vauban will be established by transferring the current infrastructure team from Mirova. The team currently manages ...

Super fund reinforces savings with timber, agriculture

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2019
A $12 billion government superannuation fund moved to reinforce the retirement savings of its members by investing in timber and agriculture. LGIAsuper will diversify its investment strategy and invest in the agriculture and timber funds of Folium Capital. ...

Chief economist update: The Budget surplus can wait

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
"Anything that could go wrong will go wrong." - Murphy's law. It seems like it for us, Australians all. The latest (although dated) GDP growth figures showed that domestic economic growth slowed to its slowest pace in a decade (in the midst of the ...

Advisers wary of ethical funds, launch own rating system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2019
... rating system. The Ethical Advisers Co-op is launching its own rating system for ethical funds, awarding funds up to five green leaves based on their levels of ethics - however, no fund has achieved a perfect five leaf rating. Future Super, Australian ...

Macquarie, Aberdeen Standard team up for Thames tunnel

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAY 2019
A consortium of global infrastructure heavyweights including Macquarie Capital and Aberdeen Standard Investments will build a £1 billion tunnel under the River Thames. The RiverLinx consortium has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) to design ...

British MPs prod own pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... conservative MP who sits on the board of trustees for the parliamentary pension scheme said the trustees had met with advisers and green asset managers but faced many challenges. "The most innovative green energy projects in the UK, particularly those ...

Super fund achieves first carbon neutral portfolio

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... committed to meeting sustainability goals for some time. In 2017, Local Government Super achieved a separate five star "green" rating for its direct property portfolio - it was also the first property portfolio to achieve that rating in Australia. "Local ...

Chief economist update: Currency manipulators beware

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 27 MAY 2019
As if the world hasn't had enough of the overhanging pall engendered by lingering trade tensions, US President Trump is about to raise the stakes and expand the scope to currency manipulators. This I learned from The New York Times (NYT) on May ...