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Why Vanguard won't do gold ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... Vanguard has stayed away from doing commodity ETFs. The one exception it has made is in the US, where it has a commodities fund that uses commodity futures and so passes Vanguard's test. He clarifies that the decision to stay away is not driven by ...

Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... and falling global smoking rates. Nest already has a tobacco-free policy in its ESG emerging markets fund and commodities fund. The latest announcement weeds it out of all other fund choices including the Nest Retirement Date Funds (which are similar ...

Henderson acquires hedge fund manager H3 Global Advisors

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... parties," he said. The sale of H3 will result in the transition of the Responsible Entity ownership of the H3 Commodities Fund and the H3 Global Strategies Fund to HGI over the next six months. Henderson manages $123 billion (as at 30 September 2013) ...

Grain price hints at strong growth: CFSGAM

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 JAN 2012
... growing population. Skye Macpherson, portfolio manager, global resources and co-portfolio manager of the soft commodities fund at CFSGAM told Financial Standard that grain in particular was positioning itself as a potential strong future investment option. ...

CFSGAM appoints soft commodities specialist

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 8 AUG 2011
... also includes the wholesale global resources fund and the wholesale global resources long short fund. The soft commodities fund looks to benefit from rising global demand for foods such as wheat, corn and rice.

Ratings wrap

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2011
... Trust, earned S&P's three-star 'NEW' rating. S&P has also handed a three-star rating to Russell Investment's Commodities Fund, which had been on hold since January when the manager appointed Jefferies Asset Management as the sole underlying sub-adviser ...

Russell commodities fund on hold

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2011
Andrew Sneddon, portfolio manager for Russell Investments said the fund, which has $50 million worth of assets under management, will now be managed on a slightly more aggressive footing by the Stamford, Connecticut, based managers. "It's essentially ...

Instreet closes Reliance strategies

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... inflows from advisers and investors. George Lucas, managing director at Instreet, said the Instreet Reliance Commodities Fund was wound up at the end of March. Meanwhile, the Instreet Reliance Global Allocation Fund closed at the end of July, he said. ...

H3 Global 'highly recommended': Zenith

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 26 AUG 2010
The H3 Global Commodities Fund was given a "highly recommended" rating while the H3 Global Strategies Fund earned "recommended", after each of the funds were assessed by Zenith. "The H3 Global Strategies Fund provides non-correlated returns to traditional ...

Food security back on the radar

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 AUG 2010
... managers that are now using this growing demand for food security as a profit vehicle. For example, the Ascalon H3 Commodities Fund is an actively managed commodities portfolio that seeks to generate returns that are equal or superior to that of major ...
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