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Vanguard fund drops "cash plus" name

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... the investment strategy remains unchanged. Vanguard's name change follows similar moves by Legg Mason's Western Asset who switched from cash plus to "conservative income" and UBS Asset Management which renamed to "short term fixed income". [Legg ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... BetaShares Legg Mason strategy is a mirror of the long-running and successful unlisted Australian bond strategy run by Western Asset, Morningstar said. "We recognise the transparency this portfolio offers with daily holdings disclosure as being conducive ...

Chief economist update: Communists' party

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... in nipping the second wave budding in Beijing in just around two weeks. Central government's cruel restrictions (by western standards) - along with monetary and fiscal stimulus measures - have saved the Chinese economy from falling into a technical ...

How competitive is the Australian ETF industry?

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... hands of the consumers," Dyall said. "To take the Australian Rules Football [AFL] analogy a bit further, you want the Western Bulldogs to have a chance at winning every year because...it's good for the game. And that's an analogy [I am] trying ...

Chief economist update: Australian Renaissance

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... isolation measures. However, given Australian states' cautious and softly-softly approach to re-opening (in fact, Western Australia still refuses to reopen its borders), the likelihood of a second wave - although still probable- are likely to be ...

Industry fund drops Rio Tinto amid sacred site outcry

HARRISON WORLEY, ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... sites in the central Pilbara dating back 15,000 years. The Guardian reported that BHP's plans were approved by the Western Australia government just three days after Rio Tinto blasted the Juukan Gorge site and that the company's rolling back ...

Industry funds continue risk-adjusted domination

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... options to provide insight into their performance and relationships with volatility risk measures. The super fund for Western Australia's local government workers, WA Super, took the top combined risk adjusted position in the three years to March ...

Super fund calls for government support

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... possible at all. "For example, it is simply ridiculous that we are building a new international airport at Badgerys Creek in Western Sydney and there is no plan for a dedicated train line to Sydney City," Hewson said. Crescent Wealth chief investment ...

Charter Hall invests in logistics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... Richard Mason said: "The acquisition provides a rare opportunity to secure a major logistics facility in the tightly held Western Sydney growth corridor that is supported by convenient access to M4 & M7 Motorways and major infrastructure projects underway ...

Atlas Advisors makes wild investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... in the Elanor Wildlife Park Fund. The fund consists of two wildlife park assets, Featherdale Wildlife Park, located in Western Sydney and Mogo Zoo located in Batemans Bay on the NSW South Coast. Atlas Advisors Australia executive char Guy Hedley said ...