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01 May 2017 • By • 1 min read

State Street ETF assets hit US$2tn

Boston-based State Street Corporation now services more than half of the US$3.6 trillion global ETF market. State Street has announced that it now ...

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Global equity growth strong despite sluggish US

Equity markets around the world appear to be picking up despite US growth having “come off the boil” in recent weeks, according to Morningstar

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Macquarie rejects poor climate change ranking

Macquarie Bank says it is “fully committed” to identifying and managing environmental risks despite a recent Asset Owners Disclosure Project report ...

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Future Fund grows to $130bn

The Future Fund continued to grow in the first quarter of 2017 buoyed by rising investment markets, but it will "only take on additional risk where ...

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Man GLG strengthens machine learning focus

Discretionary investment manager Man GLG has created a new role to further develop its machine learning capabilities. William Ferreira, formerly of ...

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VanEck to launch fixed income ETF

VanEck has announced it will be launching a new smart beta ETF with a focus on Australian fixed income on the ASX. The VanEck Vectors Australian ...

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Banks exposed to mortgage broker risk

The Australian mortgage market’s heavy reliance on brokers increases system-wide bank risk, warns Spectrum Asset Management. In a ‘Spectrum ...

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Colonial First State signs up to PRI

Colonial First State has become the second Australian retail platform provider to sign up to the UN-backed Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)

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RBA will be ‘happy’ with inflation numbers

The official March 2017 quarter inflation figures, released yesterday, show the Consumer Price Index is creeping back into the RBA’s ‘target band’ of ...

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Climate change top of mind for Aussie funds

New research from the Asset Owners Disclosure Project has found Australian asset owners are second only to Europe when it comes to climate change risk

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