October 30, 2016

(pictured:  Ben Thornley)  What is making impact investing a discrete asset class is the gradual development of robust data and analyses. Like the ESG factors which have become ingrained in the management of big super funds, impact investing is establishing

(pictured: Kim Catechis)  Those who stayed the course with emerging markets over the last few bleak years should be feeling fairly chuffed right now as more feint-hearted investors are coming back to the asset class. Martin Currie Investment Management’s Kim

(pictured: Seth Merrin) Australian fund managers better get ready: MIFID II is likely to have an impact. Even if it doesn’t directly, managers’ super fund clients will be wanting to reap the benefits of the regulation’s requirements that separate the

(pictured: Paula Arthus) Incorrect standing settlement instructions account for 20 per cent of all trade fails, according to research commissioned by the industry-owned DTCC (Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation. And it’s, usually, human error. The research, undertaken by TABB Group, found

(pictured: Chris Douglas) After a two-year stint at Morningstar’s HQ in Chicago, New Zealand ‘re-pat’ Chris Douglas has a new role as director of manager research ratings for Australia and New Zealand. Douglas, who returned to his native New Zealand late

(pictured: Robin Bowerman) The ethically-scrubbed new Vanguard global shares fund will leave investors just 23 stocks short of a full index, product information released last week revealed. According to the release, the planned ‘Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Fund’ would