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Loomis Sayles wins super fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAY 2021
... Sayles offers four strategies in mortgage and structured finance: core securitised, high yield securitised credit, investment grade securitised credit and pure agency mortgage-backed securities. Statewide chief investment officer Con Michalakis said ...

Evergreen partners with Generation Life

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... rate per year, after fees and costs. Evergreen said it is using its propriety index, the Evergreen Responsible Investment Grade (ERIG) Index, to identify funds that are genuinely investing with environmental, social and governance factors in mind. "Given ...

AMP Capital shutters dud fund, Naeimi departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 APR 2021
... portfolio manager for the Dynamic Markets Fund since 2015. The troubled $180 million fund was recently downgraded to "investment grade" by Lonsec. Oliver was initially involved with the fund but AMP Capital said recently his involvement has been limited ...

Evergreen Consultants bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2021
... significant growth phase. Our recent developments include the launch of a new ESG index, the Evergreen Responsible Investment Grade (ERIG) Index, and an investment portfolio stress testing tool for financial advisers," founder and director Angela Ashton ...

No more easy 6% returns: Fidelity

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... investors have been rewarded to take out insurance against bad things happening by owning government bonds or investment grade credit, you've been paid to do that. Those days are long gone," he said. "Defensive assets still play an important role within ...

AMP Capital still being dressed up for sale

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
... but he warns it could be at a lower price that what the company is currently trading at. "It hasn't been investment grade for years. If you don't know the model going forwards, you can't value it. Management doesn't know and market has ...

Robeco launches credit income fund in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... (SDGs). The SDG Credit Income Fund is an actively managed global credit strategy that selects opportunities from investment grade to emerging market credits and applies Robeco's SDG assessment framework in screening companies that contribute positively ...

MySuper reforms could have downsides

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 OCT 2020
... which score "team stability" very highly. In May this year, Lonsec downgraded AustralianSuper from recommended to investment grade due to high staff turnover. "There is definitely a challenge for fund managers when it comes to the 'perception management' ...

Super fund tops up Tribeca mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
... Accumulation Index's -5.08%. Ratings have started to come back as well, with an approved from Zenith and investment grade from Lonsec. UniSuper stuck with Tribeca through the leadership changes and last year's underperformance, after allocating ...

Sydney Aussie equities manager trims fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... is managed by Will Culbert and Tom Millner. The fee cut comes as it receives its first rating, from Lonsec as investment grade. "During the recent review process, the Lonsec analysts were open and upfront that our price was okay but not a competitive ...