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Federal Reserve delivers 0.75bp rate rise

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... they can manage a so-called soft landing for the economy and avoid a steep downturn." On the back of Powell's speech, US equities rallied, while Treasury yields fell along with the US dollar. "Financial markets have recently pared bets of the likely ...

Equities challenged but opportunities are there

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUL 2022
... risk and volatility in markets takes on a more enduring character." Munro Partners chief investment officer of global equities manager Nick Griffin said that while there is likely to be more equity market volatility, growth earnings resilience remains ...

Perpetual funds down amid market decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... strong relative investment performance, with all but two of our equity funds across Barrow Hanley and our Australian equities team in Perpetual Asset Management Australia outperforming their benchmarks over three years." Of the Barrow Hanley and Australian ...

New chief investment officer for BUSSQ

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... appointed as BUSSQ's new chief investment officer. Laity, a veteran in the field, has previously served as head of equities at State Super and TCorp Investment Management, as well as head of investments at ESSSuper. More recently he held portfolio ...

Australia's size problem: VanEck

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUL 2022
Australian equities concentration on financial and resources heavyweights make factor investing in domestic markets an ineffectual strategy, according to VanEck research. While historically factor investing has achieved excess market returns over the ...

Recession a distinct possibility: Natixis

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... manager Katy Kaminski commented: "Ten years of over-reliance on easy money led to significant outperformance for growth equities." But Kaminski thinks that those days are over, at least for the foreseeable future. Natixis noted that one of the key trends ...

Annual IMAP awards finalists revealed

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... Managed Account Awards have been named, including across a new category for ESG products. The awards cover Australian equities, Australian equities small cap, international equities and multi-asset products, as well as recognising the best licensee operated ...

Fidelity appoints APAC head of equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUL 2022
Fidelity International has named Marty Dropkin in the newly created role of head of equities, Asia Pacific. It's a promotion for Dropkin who was most recently head of Asian fixed income, overseeing US$25 billion in client assets. In the new role, Dropkin ...

Local ETF industry flows positive, lower FUM: BetaShares

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... time. By category, the fund manager said: "The first half of 2022 saw a noticeable reduction in flows into international equities products, which are typically the largest contributor to industry flows, with investors seemingly cautious to allocate heavily ...

Pendal FUM drops $12bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... in the International Select strategy ($1.2 billion) as clients reduced their exposure to growth-oriented international equities.