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Plato launches net zero fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... emitters." Incepted in September 2021, the strategy has so far achieved a return of 8.29%. Its benchmark, the MSCI World Index, has achieved 4.38%. "We know an average sized SMSF invested in the ASX 200 requires 3135 trees to get to net zero, so I think ...

VGI chief executive resigns amid takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... months. Prior to VGI, Howie headed BlackRock's Australian iShares business from 2014 to 2018 and then became head of index equity for Asia Pacific. VGI chair Robert Luciano said: "We thank Jonathan for his contribution to VGI Partners over the past ...

Australians plough record cash into managed funds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... almost three times as much cash into managed equity funds in 2021 as they did in 2020, according to the latest Fund Flow Index from Calastone. Fund inflows rose to $35.7 billion across all assets in 2021, up from $13.6 billion in 2019 and 2020. Equity ...

Tight labour market not yet producing wage growth

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
Wages growth remains subdued ahead of this week's quarterly Consumer Price Index release, despite a tight labour market. HSBC chief economist Paul Bloxham expects headline CPI inflation to increase to 3.1% year on year in Q4 2021. He observes that both ...

Australia bucks concentration trend

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... world have become more concentrated. "We can analyse stock concentration at a high level by using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). This index is a widely used measure of market concentration that can also be applied to stock market indices," S&P ...

American Century introduces small-cap fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
... actively managed, investing in companies operating in developed and emerging countries. It tracks the MSCI ACWI Small Cap Net Index. The fund launched in 2016 in the US. It returned 17.9% in the year to December 2021, and 32.5% over a three-year period. ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... keeping incomes and businesses afloat. Gains in most major equity markets around the world attest to this - the S&P 500 index ended the year 2021 up 26.9%; the Stoxx-50 index by 21.0%; the FTSE-100 index rose by 14.3%; the All Ordinaries index by 13.6% ...

Not all tech created equal: Principal

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
... of the tech sector to again be challenged. "Given tech's stellar run (+252% since 2017, compared to 105% for the S&P 500 index), investors may be waiting for the other shoe to drop," Shah said. "As financial conditions tighten and pandemic headwinds ...

Cbus to launch new investment options

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... funds Hostplus and AustralianSuper. "The recent volatility that we have seen in markets through COVID-19 highlights that index investing is not without risk," Fok said. "We view the risk profile of this option as sitting at the riskier end of our current ...

Global equities ETPs reap benefits of conversion

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JAN 2022
... like-for-like basis, Rainmaker found, adding that another fundamental change occurring is the flow from active strategies to index and thematics. "The key takeaway from this research is that the ETP market is one of the few channels offering growth for ...