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Colonial First State ups cash for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Colonial First State is temporarily allowing three of its Australian equities funds to hold more cash than their investment mandates, as the ASX 200 reported its worst day ever yesterday. The $2.9 billion Colonial First State Wholesale Geared Share ...

Regulator clamps down on misleading ESG fund names

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
The US Securities and Exchange Commission is calling for public comment on how funds are named, in an effort to restrict the use of potentially misleading fund names. ESG, responsible and ethical funds are under the spotlight as the SEC seeks to protect ...

Coronavirus no match for Future Fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... the fund does not "have a social impact mandate". "I think as Mr Neal said at the last estimates, we have an investment mandate to generate a long-term financial return, we don't have a social impact mandate," Price said. "So as Dr. Arndt has been saying ...

NZ blacklists fossil fuels from super

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... putting people and the planet first." Finance Minister Grant Robertson said the government would be changing the investment mandate from 'conservative' to 'balanced', in a bid to ensure Kiwis got the most out of their investments. "As we go about appointing ...

How to lose a mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2020
A concern other than the usual key personnel and fee changes is gaining traction among institutional investors in triggering unplanned reviews of external investment mandates, says new research. CoreData surveyed 117 institutional investors from around ...

Future Fund returns 1.9% for the quarter

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... Future Fund received a $7.8 billion investment from the government which is being deployed in line with its investment mandate. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Land and Sea Future Fund ("ATSILS Fund") established in February has returned 1.3% ...

Dealer group awards investment mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2019
Marty Switzer's Contango Asset Management has won a mandate from a financial advice dealer group. Lifespan Financial Planning made a $20 million inaugural allocation to a global large cap strategy managed by WCM Investment Management. WCM is headquartered ...

Credit fund launches to wholesale investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2019
... relatively low returns from cash and government bonds but materially below the risk of a well-managed corporate debt investment mandate. Moelis Australia Asset Management is a subsidiary of ASX-listed Moelis Australia (MOE), which was established in ...

Lonsec to acquire in-house managed account offerings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... from existing managed account providers, while licensees retain the flexibility to use their own branding, investment mandate and platform. Alternatively, they can move to Lonsec's managed portfolios. The firm said it was becoming increasingly difficult ...

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 ...