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Janus Henderson announces board changes

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... that Australia is lagging behind as its commodity cycle rolls over. According to the latest Janus Henderson Global Dividend Index, Australian dividends have seen a 13% decline in total payouts this quarter, as a result of global sector trends played ...

Insignia revamps wrap platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... Expand Extra clients will have access to more managed investments; most of the listed investments in the S&P All Ordinaries Index, plus several NAB term deposits. MLC Life Insurance has been added to the retail insurance offer for super clients, to complement ...

Man GLG launches Asia Opportunities Fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... region. The fund aims to achieve a gross return of 3-5% greater than its benchmark, the MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan Net Index, over three to five years. GSFM is the responsible entity and distributor in the Australian and New Zealand markets. Man ...

Aussie income equities fare well amid turmoil

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
... sectors, Australian income equities fared best with a median return of -3.9%. For the same period, the S&P ASX 200 Accumulation Index saw -7.7%. The best performing Aussie equities income fund for the 12 months to September end was the SPDR MSCI Australia ...

Vanguard Super reignites fee war with launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
... launch. Three years later, Vanguard has today unveiled Vanguard Super SaveSmart, a lifecycle MySuper product and series of index-based diversified options and single sector options. The product has 36 cohorts, with the allocation to growth assets set ...

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 ...