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Mercer unveils best-performing Aussie equity funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... the second quarter, he said. Leading managers were overweight in the following sectors and stocks in FY19: iron ore (BHP and Rio Tinto), gold (Newcrest Mining and Evolution Mining), information technology (Altium and Afterpay) and healthcare (CSL and ...

Sovereign wealth fund revokes exclusions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2019
The Norwegian sovereign wealth fund has revoked its decision to exclude Rio Tinto from its investments. Norges Bank has repealed exclusions placed on five international organisations over the last 15 years, Rio Tinto among them. The fund will also now ...

British MPs prod own pension fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2019
... fund manages about £730 million in total assets, as at the end of last financial year. Among its 10 largest holdings are BP, Rio Tinto and Royal Dutch Shell, according to the annual report. It has no investments in companies that are committed to a ...

Industry funds announce $26bn joint venture

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... the Emirates Group awarded Equip a $190 million corporate super mandate, and about two years ago it completed a merger with Rio Tinto staff fund. "We were able to cut down costs from 120 bps to 88 bps for some of those members," Fairley said of the Rio ...

New role for former ClearView executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
A former head of dealer group services at ClearView Wealth joined a firm helping accountants looking to expand into financial planning. Crescere Partners appointed Andrew O'Riordan as operations manager as the firm grows to meet the increasing demand ...

SMSF darlings revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... investors showing renewed interest in key constituents of the ASX20 and ASX50 stocks," CommSec said. BHP trades rose 12% while RIO trades rose 6% - and more than half (57%) of these were buys. The total traded value for the major banks was down 11% in ...

Ausbil launches dividend income fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 FEB 2019
... outperforming the index," Price said. "The active income last year was higher led by some off-market buybacks by companies such as RIO and then BHP. We expect large levels of special dividends and buybacks to continue into next year as companies distribute ...

Equip wins $190m superannuation mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... Nicholas Vamvakas said winning the trust and confidence of dnata and its employees shortly after completing the merger with the Rio Tinto staff fund is great recognition of the fund's capacity to maintain 'top 10' investment performance while ...

Member outreach boosts post-merger integration

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 JAN 2019
... rewarding the $15.2 billion super fund with a significant boost in member confidence. Equip recorded a 10% lift in confidence from Rio Tinto Staff Superannuation Fund members after more than 12 months since the merger was announced. Equip's head ...

Chief economist update: Aussie property market drop becoming self-fulfilling

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
We got chills, they're multiplying... How could something so good turn out to be so bad? It was all very good just as 2017 was turning into 2018... so good, that financial markets were pencilling in exit strategies from the world's major economies ...