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Acadian hires from Macquarie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2020
... quantitative equity portfolios and for assessing key drivers of fund performance. Wong joins Acadian from Macquarie Investment Manager, where he was a quantitative analyst spending seven years doing quant research in the systematic equity team. Prior ...

TelstraSuper appoints head of equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... Financial Standard 's sister publication Industry Moves first reported. In her most recent role, she was an investment manager in equities and currency at HESTA. At TelstraSuper, she will report to the fund's chief investment officer Graeme Miller ...

Pension plan sued for expensive, active strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
US-based Fidelity Investments has been caught up in a class action that alleges a major pension plan exposed members to risky, expensive actively-managed investments instead of allocating to safer passive options. The complaint, filed against Coca-Cola ...

HESTA partners with Australian Unity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
... (MCIs). The super fund is making this investment through its Social Impact Investment Trust, managed by impact investment manager Social Ventures Australia. This trust aims to create a pipeline of impact investments designed to both earn returns and ...

BlackRock to buy equity index firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... strategy with the acquisition of an equity index business for US$1.05 billion. BlackRock is set to acquire investment manager Aperio, which provides customised index equity portfolios that optimise tax positions. Aperio partners with wealth advisers ...

Myer Foundation partners with Mercer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
The Myer Foundation will rapidly transition to 100% sustainable investments through a partnership with Mercer. Mercer was first commissioned in March this year to help implement a substantial portfolio restructure as part of the Myer Foundation's goal ...

Aware Super cuts carbon emissions by 40%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
Australia's second largest super fund has managed to reduce the carbon footprint of its equities portfolio by 40%. The $130 billion industry fund (formerly First State Super) has created a series of new listed equities benchmarks that will support the ...

SMSFs are cost-effective, deliver for members

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
New research suggests that self-managed super funds are giving retail and industry funds a run for their money in terms of fees and returns. Joint research by the SMSF Association and Rice Warner found SMSFs with $200,000 or more are cost competitive ...

Vanguard, Fidelity, BetaShares rank low on ESG: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
New research from Morningstar has attempted to wade through the greenwashing in funds management based on managers' overall commitment - with some surprising results. The research looked at more than 100 strategies and 40 asset managers to provide ...

Funds management in ASIC spotlight

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
The review of competition in the Australian funds management industry is officially underway between the corporate regulator and Deloitte Access Economics. ASIC acting chair Karen Chester said the review seeks to identify where "competition is effective ...