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OneVue scores admin mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
Amid the Sargon kerfuffle and an acquisition bid, OneVue has managed to snag its single biggest client in its managed funds administration business. Australian Unity Wealth & Capital Markets (AUWCM) has signed a five-year outsourced managed fund administration ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... ESG companies had performed in the first quarter of 2020 compared to laggards, applying their research across equities and bond markets. AXA IM said: "companies with the highest ESG ratings have proven more resilient in the coronavirus market crash than ...

Rice Warner questions super return targets

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
After COVID-19 put paid to the 2020 return hopes of superannuation funds, research house Rice Warner has questioned whether return targets should be lowered. Rice Warner has questioned whether superannuation return targets should be lowered. As the ...

Franklin Templeton cuts fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... manager is also dropping fees on five fixed income funds. The biggest cut in the category is for its Australian absolute return bond fund, which is going from 0.65% per year in management costs to 0.50%. The Australian Core Plus Bond Fund will go from ...

Managed funds redemptions top US$62bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... provide, particularly when invested in less liquid assets," Fitch said. "Regulators have identified property, high-yield bond and emerging market debt funds as most exposed to liquidity risk." This is different from past 10 years, where redemption suspensions ...

Fixed income investors get new ESG rating

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
Global responsible investment manager Insight Investment has introduced a new ESG risk rating for fixed income products, which it claims covers around 95% of companies in global investment grade indices. The firm's new ESG risk rating tool provides ...

Challenger raising $300m, to add IG bonds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
Challenger is raising up to $300 million to add to its balance sheet and will invest further in investment grade fixed income. The institutional placement of $270 million is priced at $4.89 per share for about 55.2 million new shares representing 9% ...

Calls for index industry disruption

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... to their size leads to comparable returns between different providers, he said. This relates to both global equities and bond markets too, Lefkovitz said, arguing that indexes that focus on the same market produce similar returns. Thus, beta indexes ...

PrimeWest acquires asset manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... We look forward to working with the VTH's existing investors in this next stage of growth," PrimeWest executive chair John Bond said. VTH will be renamed to PrimeWest Agri-chain Fund. It will also look outside of the current opportunity sets of production ...

FIIG calls for taxation, regulatory overhaul

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... now and then and when it does, everyone agrees that Australia would be far better off with a properly functioning corporate bond market, however the only change to date has been immaterial and a tinkering at the edges with no progress made." FIIG said ...