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J.P. Morgan enters local ETF market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2022
... giant listed the JPMorgan Equity Premium Income Active ETF (Managed Fund) (JEPI) and the JPMorgan Global Research Enhanced Index Equity Active ETF (Managed Fund) (JREG). Speaking to Financial Standard, J.P. Morgan Australia and New Zealand chief executive ...

Women-led global equities teams outperform in downturn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... run by women recorded a median return of -2.6% compared to a -5.9% return by male-led teams. "The MSCI All-Country World index was down 25.3% through September 2022 and women led portfolio management teams have done a markedly better job against their ...

Forget BRICs: Skerryvore

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 NOV 2022
... markets' or the constituents of these markets will need to be redefined, by both the investment community and the broader index providers. "The world is at a really interesting place at the moment, in that everybody's always thought that emerging ...

BlackRock expands proxy voting to retail investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
... only accelerating: The number of clients interested in enrolling has doubled since May," he said. "Nearly half of all our index equity assets under management are now eligible for Voting Choice. This includes all the public and private pension plan assets ...

MySuper index records worst rolling return since 2009

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
The median return for MySuper products in September was -3.3%, causing the Rainmaker MySuper Index to see its worst annual rolling return since August 2009. For the 12 months to September end, the MySuper index returned -6.4%. It was dragged by the ...

CPI poses awkward optics for RBA: Economist

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... but GSFM investment strategist Stephen Miller believes that any "difference" wasn't evident in the latest consumer price index (CPI) data. "The big drivers of inflation in the developed world are clearly present in Australia, as well some homegrown ones ...

Hostplus hands Bell Asset Management $500m mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... focus is on its global equity capabilities; it's small and mid-cap strategy has outperformed the MSCI World SMID Cap index by +5.3% per annum over the past five years and returned 12.2% per annum since its inception in 2003. The asset manager's ...

Vicinity Centres head announces retirement

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2022
... to Vicinity's post-COVID operational and financial recovery, is the Company being the best performing stock in the A-REIT index over the past 12 months, with Vicinity outperforming the A-REIT index by 30%," Gerber said. "Furthermore, the curation of ...

Ironbark to distribute Robeco products

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... partnership will see Ironbark Asset Management offer Robeco's emerging conservative equity, global developed sustainable enhanced index equity and SDG credit income strategies to wholesale investors in Australia. Robeco managing director and head of ...

Challenger launches new alternatives fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... currencies, and commodities. The fund is benchmarked against the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) cash rate total return index and uses a combination of risk premia and cash strategies to provide additional returns. Though, the fund doesn't provide clients ...