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BT Financial Group divests Ascalon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
BT Financial Group is offloading Ascalon Capital Managers to an ASX-listed financial services firm.

AMP Capital divests $440m from tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
AMP Capital has completed its divestment of $440 million in tobacco manufacturing-related holdings from across all its equity and fixed income investments.

WDE board pushes for takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Wealth Defender Equities is urging its shareholders to accept WAM Capital's takeover bid.

MSCI launches tobacco exclusion indexes

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
MSCI launched a series of market capitalisation weighted indexes excluding stocks involved in tobacco production.

Diversity a material economic indicator: AXA IM

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
The subsidiary of a global investment manager with about $1.2 trillion in assets under management believes diversity is a material economic indicator.

S&P Dow Jones partners with pension fund giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
Index provider S&P Dow Jones Indices has partnered with an international pension fund that will benchmark its ESG investment strategy against two newly launched indices.

Make sure you have cash: Geoff Wilson

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
Veteran investor Geoff Wilson says a bear market is inevitable and investors should check their cash holdings.

Glut of underperformance in managed funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
Nearly eight-in-ten managed funds in Australia failed to hit benchmark returns over a 10-year horizon, according to new analysis by InvestSMART.

Aussie fund managers face machine learning challenges

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
Australia's investment management firms lag behind Japan when it comes to using machine learning in investment strategies, a new Bloomberg survey shows.

BNY Mellon subsidiary to shutter

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
BNY Mellon Investment Management will wind down one of its funds management subsidiaries.