Fund Product Update
/North launches new managed portfolio offering
North has launched Buy, Badge, Build, a new managed portfolio offering for financial advisers and their clients. Practices can now choose from North’s menu and create their own customised branded managed portfolios to reduce investment fees, and providing branded quarterly reports and product disclosure statements.
CFS adds 17 new funds to FirstChoice, lanches CFS Edge wrap platform
Colonial First State (CFS) has unveiled its CFS Edge wrap platform in a preview, with testing to be completed across December for a new year launch. The platform is to bring together financial adviser software integrations with a focus on managed accounts.
CFS has expanded its FirstChoice offerings with new exchange-traded funds, fixed interest and ESG options. The new funds include:
CFS Thrive+ Sustainable Growth
Janus Henderson Tactical Income
Western Asset Australian Bond
T.Rowe Price Dynamic Global Bond
FirstRate Cash on FirstChoice Wholesale Investments
AB Managed Volatility Equities
DNR Capital Australian Equities High Conviction
GQG Partners Global Equity
Intermede Global Equities
Quay Global Real Estate (Unhedged)
Sage Capital Equity Plus
Nanuk New World
AXA IM Sustainable Equity
Pendal Global Select
CFS ETF Exposure Series: Physical Gold
CFS ETF Exposure Series: US Shares
CFS ETF Exposure Series: All-World ex-US Shares
Stewart Investors Global Emerging Markets Sustainability (re-opened)
Global X launches copper mining ETF
In a first of its kind, Global X has launched its Copper Miners ETF offering access to global copper miners. Copper is expected to play a large role in future sustainable technologies. The fund tracks the Solactive Global Copper Miners Total Return Index.
