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ESG impacts on US pension funds tested

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... Treasurer Scott Fitzpatrick announcing that the Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS) has sold all public equities managed by BlackRock. In June 2022, the MOSERS Board of Trustees directed staff to require BlackRock to abstain from ...

Value companies to outperform in 2023: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... portfolio manager Cameron McCormack forecasts a bright outlook for value companies in 2023, particularly among Australian equities. "We think value companies are likely to outperform in 2023," McCormack said. "We're entering a period that echoes the ...

Whole of portfolio solutions running hot: BlackRock

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... allocations, and there's probably a new playbook that needs to be used... Correlations have broken down, and bonds and equities have been both falling together. Therefore, the traditional correlations and expectations of markets have all changed ...

ETFs start 2023 with a bang: BetaShares

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... summer period." Fixed income strategy received the highest level of inflows at $233 million, followed by international equities ($169 million). Meanwhile, the usually popular Australian equities category was "shunned" by investors, which saw net outflows ...

Macquarie profits boosted by commodities

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2023
... financing activity across the financial market's businesses including fixed income, foreign exchange, credit, futures and equities. It further reported that Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Banking and Financial Services (BFS) combined net profit ...

Magellan FUM increases despite outflows

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
... $26.4 billion. Retail FUM now sits at $19 billion, up from $18.9 billion. By sector, the largest gain was in Australian equities which now accounts for $9 billion, up from $8.5 billion. Its global equities FUM rose slightly to $20.8 billion from $20.6 ...

Maple-Brown Abbott veteran leaves after 27 years

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 6 FEB 2023
After almost three decades at the investment firm, head of Asia Pacific equities Geoff Bazzan has announced his retirement. "I have made the difficult decision to leave the business, and will transition out over the next several months, finishing on ...

CareSuper appoints head of equities

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
After 15 years at Victorian Funds Management Corporation, Gary Wong has left to join CareSuper as head of equities. Wong has extensive experience in portfolio management and investment research, and he will have responsibility for the fund's Australian ...

Aussie shares to continue outperformance: Oliver

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 2 FEB 2023
... said, it's useful to understand the past, saying the big question is whether the structural underperformance of Aussie equities is over. According to Oliver, the underperformance of Australian shares since 2009 reflects a mix of payback for its huge ...

Norwegian wealth fund reports -14.1% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 FEB 2023
... fund said it was 0.88 percentage points better than its benchmark index. The fund cited the poor performance of both its equities and fixed income investments, returning -15.3% and -12.1% respectively. Its total real estate returns were -14%. By sector ...