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AXA IM smart beta fund receives ESG accolades

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... both institutional clients and dealer groups." The fund is designed to provide actively-managed exposure to global equity market beta and has achieved an annualised 18.4% return since inception in August 2014. This represents a 4.69% outperformance of ...

MTAA Super awards multi-asset mandate

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
... allocation market exposure. The strategy was launched in 2002 and has historically provided half-to-two-thirds global equity market risk for better than global equity returns. The Australian unit trust was launched in July 2014 and the wholesale share ...

Charter Hall reports $143m profit

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2016
Charter Hall Group has reported statutory profit after tax of $143.5 million, up 259.6%, for the six months to 31 December. The number includes $89 million from property valuation gains. The company also saw 17% growth in funds under management to $15.9 ...

CBA to close institutional equities business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
Commonwealth Bank is closing its institutional equities business following a strategic partnership with Goldman Sachs investment bank. Commonwealth Bank's proprietary institutional equities team that forms part of the bank's institutional banking and ...

Pinebridge absolute return fund rated by Zenith

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
... distribution footprint in 2016. The strategy was launched in 2002 and has historically provided half-to-two-thirds global equity market risk for better than global equity returns. The Australian unit trust was launched in July 2014 and as of 31 October ...

Lazard AM launches global equities fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2015
Lazard Asset Management has launched a global equities fund that invests in listed companies that have a stable history and strong earnings forecast. The Lazard Global Equity Franchise Fund is a portfolio of 25 to 50 stocks that invests in what the ...

Ranger brings global equity strategy to Australia

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2015
The $4 billion US-based Ranger Capital Group has launched its Global Income and Growth fund in Australia through its subsidiary Ranger International, with the Myer Family Company coming on board as a seed investor. Over the past 12 years, the strategy ...

AustralianSuper builds in-house global equities team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2015
... discount to their intrinsic value," McKeand said. The in-house team will cover all the key sectors in the global equity market and will run a fairly concentrated portfolio: "We're not going to have 150 stocks in the portfolio, it'll be far more concentrated ...

AustralianSuper posts double digit returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
AustralianSuper's balanced investment option recorded its third year of double digit returns during 2014-15, reflecting the benefits of an increased focus on active and internal management of assets. After taxes and fees the AustralianSuper balanced ...

Milliman seeing shift in bond portfolios

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2015
Holding high quality bonds in an attempt to generate income and offset volatility and drawdowns in the stock market was an approach that served investors well leading up to the financial crisis. Low yields and interest rates mean bonds now offer less ...