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Industry fund doubles down on fee cuts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2020
... themselves." Vision also recently updated its investment strategy as a result of significant changed in the economic and fixed income environment. Vision said it reviews its investment strategy annually and changes were made this year as an adjustment ...

Mawhinney lashes out at regulator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... or to a lesser extent M+ noteholders," the liquidator said. The M Core notes were marketed as extremely low risk fixed income debentures with dollar-for-dollar security. ASIC has continued to allege this marketing was misleading. Despite all this, Mawhinney ...

AXA IM country head exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2020
... Zealand is leaving after 16 years with the firm. Craig Hurt joined AXA IM's office in London in 2004 as a director of fixed income and liability-driven investments. Three years later, he was promoted to lead the Australia and New Zealand business based ...

Robeco extends exclusions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... that if you focus on sustainability, you're going to be a better asset manager," Robeco chief investment officer, fixed income Victor Verberk said. "Our move to exclude investments in fossil fuels from our funds is a further step in our efforts to lower ...

ASIC cleans up 'cash plus' funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... did the fund liquidity advertised to investors match that of the underlying assets. It narrowed it down to funds in fixed income, mortgage and property sectors (which ASIC says were largely appropriately labelled) from which it whittled down to 22 funds ...

Bermuda-based fund launches down under

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... investing in life settlements since April 2013, with the fund manager arguing that life settlements is a "credible fixed income alternative". Alongside a near zero correlation to equity markets, Laureola said the fund could also provide investors with ...

Magellan, Barclays back new firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2020
... and strategic advisory, equity and debt capital markets underwriting, cash equities, research, prime brokerage and fixed income services in Australia. Magellan will have a 40% economic interest in Barrenjoey (funded via a new use of 1.2 million shares ...

Global equities manager hires GM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... global markets across Australia and South East Asia. For nearly eight years he oversaw the Aussie equities, research, fixed income, currencies and commodities business. Prior to that he was chief operating officer of equities for three years, and managed ...

Fees should reflect investor skill: AB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... investing against short term downturns in the market," Fay said. Fay said, for a portfolio of 70% equities and 30% fixed income, it would take approximately five years to recoup the COVID-19 market losses. Whereas, if at the height of the volatility ...

Brace for 5% returns from global stocks

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... market equity returns, driven primarily by China and Asia, is a mere 0.6% return premium to developed markets." In fixed income, it expects an interest of 1% from 10-year US Treasury Bonds. Global high yield will produce an annualised return of 5.6% ...