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AMP Capital sells clean energy company

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... included entering the Latvian and Norwegian energy infrastructure markets; improving Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) scores and reducing carbon footprint per sold megawatt hour by 20%; as well as strengthening of the management team ...

Corporates have a critical role in social, environmental outcomes

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... Australian market for a product that produced both financial and social return. In its first year, the fund outperformed the benchmark ASX300 by 9.4%, with an absolute return of 1.8%. It was subsequently ranked by Rainmaker as one of the top 10 Australian ...

New ETF set to debut on ASX

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... track record is set to list on the ASX early next month, aiming to achieve returns of 2% per annum above the S&P/ASX 200 benchmark at a 0.97% management fee. Intelligent Investor's Australian Equities Growth Fund, set to list on the ASX under the ticker ...

Super funds accused of chest beating on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... week, UniSuper has followed suit," ClimateWorks chief executive Anna Skarbek said. "Most of these announcements meet the benchmark established last year by the UN-convened Net-Zero Asset Owner Alliance, whose members have committed to transition their ...

Chief economist update: China's post-pandemic economy

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... less than Japan's 21.1%, America's 13.2%, Australia's 10.6% or Germany's 8.9%. The PBOC lowered its benchmark lending rate just twice so far this year - in February by 10 bps and in April by 20 bps - to 3.85% and cut its reserve requirement ...

High performance funds significantly underperform: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... from Rainmaker Information has found that high performance Australian equity funds significantly underperformed their benchmark over the three years to June 2020. The median high performance fund underperformed its benchmark by 300 basis points, while ...

Super fund tops up Tribeca mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... sole portfolio manager following Fenton's departure, hired two analysts and the fund has since restored to above-benchmark returns. The fund delivered 3.37% in the year ending August, 2020 better than its benchmark S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index's ...

NZ Super Fund posts positive result

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... and the Future Fund. The $44.8 billion fund recorded a return of 1.73% for the year ending June 30 underperforming its benchmark reference portfolio which returned 3.82%. Comparatively, Australian MySuper products delivered an average return of -0.9% ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... managers, the report read, noting that fixed interest has an upper limit on returns. "Generally speaking, returns above the benchmark can only be achieved by playing around with interest rate risk and credit risk. "Credit, for example, is an easy place ...

MSCI launches domestic index series

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
MSCI has launched a suite of indices targeted at supporting Australian-domiciled institutional investors. The Australia Domestic Index Series has more than 50 domestic indices that benchmarks ESG, factors and market capitalisation among others, specific ...