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Lifecycle products cost members: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 FEB 2021
New Rainmaker research has found being a member of a typical lifecycle MySuper product could reduce a person's retirement savings by up to 23% by age 70. The research found that if a member were to stay in a typical lifecycle MySuper product for their ...

JPMAM unveils sustainable fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
J.P. Morgan Asset Management has launched a sustainable fund in Australia following the success of its European strategy. JPMorgan Global Macro Sustainable Fund opened to retail investors on February 1 and comprises a portfolio of long and short positions ...

Fund manager expands, hires two executives

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... e-commerce, advertising, energy and hardware. "Since our inception nineteen months ago, the fund is up 67%, outperforming our benchmark MSCI AC World Index return of 13.7% over the same period. Our annualised performance of 38.2% is also well ahead of ...

Super fund ESG targets lack clarity: ACCR

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... supporting shareholder resolutions. The report notes that most of the companies responsible for most of the emissions in the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index are yet to commit to substantive emissions reduction targets by 2030. This suggests that there is ...

Kearney Group launches responsible managed portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
... Investment's chief executive David Wright. The Ethos High Growth Fund and the Ethos Growth Fund are both outperforming the benchmark by 23.57% and 21.20% respectively since the fund inception. The balanced option has beat the benchmark by 18.49% ...

GQG sees spectacular FUM growth

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2021
... investment officer Rajiv Jain and holds about 45 securities, returned 9.27% last year compared to the 6.15% from the benchmark MSCI ACWI ex tobacco.

Maple-Brown Abbott finetunes Aussie equities lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
... Returns did 9% p.a. The geared funds' performance picked up in the last three months of 2020, as it returned 34.6% to benchmark's 13.7%. But beyond that, the fund falls behind the benchmark for most periods, including -21.5% in the year ending December ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
BlackRock will push companies to disclose plans for their transition to a net-zero carbon economy, chief executive Larry Fink stated in his annual letter to company leaders. Fink's annual letter to chief executives sets the engagement agenda for the ...

Future Fund increases cash again

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... landscape. "The negative returns of the first half have been more than reversed and the Fund continues to exceed its mandated benchmark return while controlling risk levels," said Arndt, who moved into the role from chief investment officer after David ...

Charity LIC chief executive to depart

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... at a public company." FGG has forgone $69.6 million in annualised fees since inception, returned 1.9% better than its benchmark over the period. Caledonia, Magellan and Cooper Investors together manage about a third of the LIC's assets.