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Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... is evidently unclear. The findings are based on surveys of New Zealand-based investors with a total of $83.5 billion in funds under management, $889 million of which is allocated to impact investments. The study looked at the preferred impact investment ...

Super fund cuts fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
... worth $3.6 billion and served around 45,000 members. Its membership has increased by around 2000 since. "At a time when many funds are increasing their fees, we're bucking the trend and ensuring our members only pay what's fair," Petrou said. "Opening ...

Regal teams up for new fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
Phil King's Regal Funds Management has teamed up with Gresham, and the two are raising for a new fund that will invest in royalties from Australian resources assets. The Gresham Resources Royalties Fund (GRRF) has raised $85 million so far and has ...

Global manager pushes Australian expansion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2019
... Lane said. The company said the Unlisted Global Private Assets Fund had already seen inflows of over $134 million. The new funds management fee is capped at 1.7% per annum and the vehicle's net asset value, plus performance fees will be taken into ...

Spotlight on super welcomed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% and focus on simplifying super's laws. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief policy officer Glen McCrea said the policy group was committed to working constructively with the review ...

Milestone ETF Rule passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
Global regulators are taking notice of the maturation of exchange-traded funds, with the US Securities and Exchange Commission adopting a new rule to modernise their regulation. Twenty seven years on from the launch of the first ETF, the SEC has voted ...

SG increase will not help women: Treasury

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... Trustees and Women in Super measured the gap in superannuation savings between men and women for large industry superannuation funds. The superannuation gap between men and women across the states was found to be: Victoria (31%), Queensland (34%), New ...

What fundies seek in an asset consultant

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... asked for the statement they most agree with, managers have more recently opted for the notion that "consultants protect funds from highly adverse performance and governance issues" as their primary response with around 40% supporting this comment." ...

Put risk on the super comparison table: AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
As APRA prepares its traffic light rating system for super funds, AMP's head of wealth warns risk needs to be on the table to ensure consumers compare apples with apples. Chief executive of AMP's Australian wealth management division Alex Wade ...

Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... underperformed their respective benchmark returns. The research looked at active core, high performance and small companies funds. Active core is defined as products with an investment objective of outperforming the benchmark with a moderate active risk ...