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Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... managers, and this was the case in this recent period. "We have seen time and time again that the benefits of active management are most evident in more challenging markets and this continues to be the case." Managers with exposures to healthcare and ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... had a major impact on manager performance with those high in tech and e-commerce among the best performers. Active management paid off for those managers investing to a growth style; however, most core and value managers across international portfolios ...

Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Amid the market volatility the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in, a new survey has revealed that sentiment is turning in favour of active investment management. The Natixis Investment Managers survey found that 79% of finance professionals globally and 78% ...

Rest names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... placed to pursue attractively priced assets in investment markets on behalf of our members as a result of our active management approach," Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle said. "Andrew will play a key role working with our investment managers and Board ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... survey also found eight in 10 financial professionals (79%) believe the current environment is one that favours active management. Additionally, almost seven in 10 advisers agree investors have a false sense of security in passive investments (68%) and ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... Henderson's suite of global investment offerings," Gaden said. Gaden said that amid the current environment, active management approach is "even more critical", as portfolio managers evaluate opportunities which may arise market volatility and make their ...

Equities attractive in search for yield: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... "Although dividend yields for Australian equities are going to be lower in the near term, we note that there are active management techniques that can enhance income yields," Zenith said. "Active managers who focus on fundamental drivers such as balance ...

Global asset manager launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2020
... high-income portfolio of primarily global high yield corporate bond opportunities. The fund aim to apply an active management approach to global high yield to capitalise on market inefficiencies, sector positioning and idiosyncratic events while seeking ...

Opportunity for the brave: High yield credit

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... that ended up trading well below the net asset value of the funds," Mitchell said. It's important to take an active management strategy to pick the winners from the losers, he said. "There certainly are opportunities for investors in the high yield space ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... perspective," he said. Although corporate bonds are Kase's pick in the current environment, he maintains that an active management strategy is key. "In these types of environments fixed income can be a very important part of portfolios," he said. "The ...