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Evolution of investment operations spurs new recruitment trends

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 APR 2024
... a lot of firms operating these kinds of traditional investment strategies are adopting a cost-out approach which often results in senior team members being made redundant. Further, Cleary said many firms now expect candidates to have an end-to-end skillset ...

HMC Capital acquires asset manager

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... manager StratCap in a deal worth $43.7 million. HMC Capital announced its intention to acquire the company in its 1H FY24 results on February 20. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 CY24 and is subject to customary closing conditions, including ...

Why this fundie sees the economy making a hard landing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2024
... this Australian reporting season hints at a hard landing. "After digesting the latest information from reporting season results and company meetings our analysis of the data and management commentary is that there is more pain ahead, and the path is ...

Why active managers are falling behind in emerging markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... factor strategies fail because emerging markets have fragmented economic cycles and a single factor approach typically results in a single country dominating the portfolio, further reducing the effectiveness of the 'factor'. "Single factor approaches ...

Investors being influenced by the 'Powell pivot'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... stance against the benchmark. "This can be illustrated, for example, by the strong relationship between active managers' results and the performance of BB-rated versus investment grade bonds," it said. "Credit risk bias should not be viewed as a negative ...

Half of super funds to close in coming decade: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... differentiated and high-quality service. Beyond additional choice, this creates competitive tension in the market and likely results in longer term fee savings for funds and their members," Dunn said. "We believe the Australian superannuation market ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... profitability and company valuations. "The intention is to improve capital allocation and overall valuations and we believe the results are clear: corporate Japan is responding, and share prices are rising," Main and Ho said. Now, South Korea's Financial ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... top-quartile performance over the last five years, and it remains a top pick in the Australian small-cap universe with consistent results year on year, Morningstar said. Other female fund managers who scored highly across the pillars include Capital ...

Arena welcomes chief investment officer

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... valuable at a time in which we anticipate new opportunities to emerge," de Vos said. According to Arena's latest half-year results, the fund manager saw a 3% rise in its net operating profit, driven by like-for-like contracted rental increases averaging ...

Centrepoint Alliance targets further growth with new platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... chief executive John Shuttleworth said. The preview of the platform's design came as Centrepoint delivered its interim results for 1H24. It flagged strong financial performance, with an 11% increase in normalised EBITDA of $4.1 million, driven by organic ...