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Pension fund giant cuts BHP

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2019
... portfolio of coal. Norway's Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP) took the decision to divest almost $520,000 of holdings in stocks and bonds of across 46 such companies. It used three exclusion criteria: companies that get more than 5% revenue from coal-based ...

Beware disruptors: Antipodes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... as disrupters. Speaking at an event in Sydney, Savas explained these disrupters, or 'software as a service' technology stocks, are often well-known and offer very cheap services sometimes with the aim of disrupting an entire industry, much like Uber. ...

IFM keen on marijuana stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
The $120 billion fund manager is finding winners in cannabis stocks as countries increasingly move to legalise marijuana for medicinal use. As part of a $1 billion small caps strategy, IFM Investors has backed companies that have exposure to medicinal ...

New Indian equities ETF to launch

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Graham Tuckwell's ETF Securities is set to launch a new exchange traded fund that will invest in stocks listed on the National Stock Exchange of India. The passive ETF, named NDIA, will give Australian investors access to global companies such as ...

Super funds hungry for global stocks, alternatives

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2019
The lion's share of the institutional mandates awarded in Australia last year went to international equities and alternatives manager, the latest Rainmaker Mandate Chaser report shows. Not-for-profit superannuation funds and investment managers handed ...

Vanguard launches ETF, appoints new lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... companies in the US and small and mid-cap companies. The portfolio manager will start by screening out the most volatile stocks. Then a rules-based approach combining three factors will be used. Those factors are momentum (stocks with strong recent performance) ...

Colonial acquisition cost CBA shareholders $53bn: Merlon

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... and after the acquisition increased its expenses, failed to grab more market share and underperformed compared to peer stocks. In March 2000, CBA said it had reached an agreement to acquire Colonial Limited for $800 million in cash to Colonial income ...

Chief economist update: Hoping for the best, preparing for the worst of Brexit

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... Brexit and also meet rising inflows of new work (mainly reflecting stockpiling at clients)" with "the rate of increase in stocks of purchases hit a survey record high for the third month running in March".

ASIC dismisses Royal Commission insider trading reports

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2019
... the Royal Commission's final report. This comes after the Labor party suggested insider trading was responsible for bank stocks rising immediately on the back of Kenneth Hayne's report. Senator Peter Whish-Wilson asked if ASIC was investigating "whether ...

BetaShares receives Zenith rating

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
... 200 ETF (ASX: A200). BetaShares says A200 is the lowest cost Australian ETF globally, providing access to the largest 200 stocks by market capitalisation listed on the ASX. Zenith said in their report: "The fund represents an attractive way to effectively ...