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Bloomberg launches equity benchmarks

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2019
Bloomberg has launched U.S. equity benchmark capabilities, marking a significant step for Bloomberg in the equity index space. The new equity offering includes the Bloomberg U.S. Large Cap Index as well as growth, value and dividend indices. These benchmarks ...

Boutique wins industry fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
A Sydney boutique has won an $89 million mandate from an industry superannuation fund as it shuffles its manager lineup. Christian Super chose Ethical Partners, run by Perpetual Investments' former deputy head of equities Nathan Parkin, as it swapped ...

Super trustees must do better: Byres

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
APRA will soon need to have some difficult conversations with poorly performing superannuation funds, according to chair Wayne Byres. Speaking at a Gilbert + Tobin event in Sydney this week, Byres said the ability of the prudential regulator to hold ...

Neuberger Berman launches new fund

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... multi-sector bond strategy, with investments across the fixed-income universe, that gives it the ability to go beyond the benchmark, the asset manager also said. "We believe a flexible bond strategy is the best way to navigate the market in uncertain ...

Chi-X launches new trading solution

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2019
Chi-X Australia has launched a market-on-close trading solution that provides the opportunity for anonymous, all day liquidity and to execute at the ASX closing price. Called MatchPoint, the solution uses the existing hidden market-on-close order type ...

Best and worst performing global shares funds revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... funds to June end. The top 10 performers all delivered more than 20% in the first six months of the year, stripping the benchmark by at least 3%. Zurich Investments and MFS took two spots each in the list, with the rest going to funds from Franklin Global ...

Chief economist update: Whatever it takes, however long it takes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... Eurosystem's main refinancing operations over the life of the respective TLTRO. For banks whose eligible net lending exceeds a benchmark, the rate applied in TLTRO III operations will be lower, and can be as low as the average interest rate on the ...

Vanguard launches three new active funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... simplest way to look at it is that we are essentially taking the average of 3-year performance of the manager against the benchmark and comparing it on a rolling basis," Reedman said. "The motivation in bringing these two to the market is to shift the ...

Zurich launches new SMA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... Fund, which senior client portfolio manager Bernard Chua said uses the same investment philosophy to outperform the benchmark. "The philosophy is that, if we can identify companies with an inflection point in fundamentals, and importantly, where that ...

Boutique to launch flagship fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
A new boutique small caps manager is set to launch its first fund this month. Melbourne-based Blue Orbit Asset Management will launch the Blue Orbit Australian Small Caps Systematic Alpha Fund to institutional investors this month. The boutique, which ...