Insights

Bennelong Funds Management’s UK arm BennBridge is launching a new boutique asset management business, Skerryvore Asset Management, in partnership with well-known emerging markets equities manager Glen Finegan.

On 7 March 2021 the 4D Global Infrastructure Fund officially passed the five-year mark, returning 8.44 per cent p.a. since inception compared to our absolute benchmark’s 7.01 per cent p.a.*

Without significantly increased investment in infrastructure, the globe has no chance of reaching the Paris Agreement goal of Net Zero carbon emissions by 2050, according to Sarah Shaw, CIO of 4D Infrastructure.

Bennelong Funds Management has appointed Amara Haqqani to the newly created role of chief client strategy officer.

This December, Bennelong Funds Management will make a donation to Our Community Pantry in lieu of printing and posting Christmas cards.

Industry veteran Michael Dwyer AM has been appointed as a non-executive director to the boards of Bennelong Funds Management Ltd and its parent company Bennelong Funds Management Group Pty Ltd, effective from 1 December. 

As part of our ongoing commitment to improving our investors’ experience with Bennelong, on 1 December 2020 we changed our registry provider from RBC Investor Services Trust to Citigroup Pty Limited.

In the 2020 Federal Budget, the Commonwealth Treasurer announced an additional A$10bn in funding for infrastructure projects over the next four years, increasing the post COVID-19 infrastructure commitment to A$14 billion in ‘new and accelerated’ projects. 

Lonsec has upgraded four Bennelong Australian Equity Partners (BAEP) funds to ‘Highly Recommended’.