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Perpetual takeover of Pendal progresses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... officer. Meanwhile, Perpetual reported that its total assets under management (AUM) were $89.8 billion at September 2022, 1% lower than the period prior. The investment advice company attributed this result to negative market impacts and flows offset ...

Abrdn launches active sustainable Asian ETF

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 OCT 2022
... utilising a separate ESG House Score to complement our bottom-up research, and targeting a carbon footprint that is at least 20% lower than the benchmark. "Asia represents the most economically dynamic collection of markets anywhere in the world and ...

Vanguard unveils positive impact fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 18 OCT 2022
... quality of life, and lifting at is generically call the base of the pyramid - the needs of those poorer communities and lower socio-economic brackets." Baillie Gifford actively manages the portfolio of typically 25 to 50 global companies seeking long-term ...

Choice performance test pause in members' best interests: Chant West

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
Chant West has welcomed the proposed pause in the Your Future Your Super (YFYS) performance test, saying it's in the best interest of super fund members. Chant West general manager Ian Fryer explained there's been several unintended consequences of ...

Mayfair 101 bids for High Court appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... at the time, Mawhinney said he would work to contest the case in the High Court rather than have it remitted back to the lower court. Mawhinney's High Court application states: "[ASIC's] powers make it less, rather than more, excusable for ASIC to conduct ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... electric world." Using more widely available resources like copper reduces the likelihood that silver will be mined from lower quality ores which have higher emissions, CEFC said. "Increasing panel efficiency and shifting to more abundant materials before ...

Global X drops management fees

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
To provide investors with more cost-effective access to the US fixed income market, Global X ETFs Australia has reduced the management fees of two ETFs. Specifically, the management fee for Global X US Treasury Bond ETF (Currency Hedged) has been lowered ...

APRA flags concerns over fund sustainability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... members are "moving to better performing funds and better performing funds typically have higher investment returns and lower fees; members are better off as a result of that consolidation." APRA executive director of superannuation Suzanne Smith elaborated ...

US state public pensions fragile: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... Recession. The foremost contributing factors to the current level of unfunded liabilities were underperforming investments, lower assumed rates of return, interest on debt and excessive separate pension fund managers. On underperforming investments and ...

Court dismisses Mayfair 101 appeal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2022
... been reinstated. He has said he will lobby to have the case heard in the High Court, rather than being remitted back to the lower court.