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Alternatives win big mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2020
... equities. Coolabah Capital Investments, Macquarie, IFM Investors and Kapstream Capital managed new mandates for Australian fixed income. IFM Investors was a leading mandate winner in four of seven key sectors, Rainmaker found. Overall, 317 mandates were ...

Cash no longer king

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... diversify their portfolios and capture any increased returns," he said. In addition, $671 million flowed into Australian fixed income ETFs, nearly three times the amount in the June quarter. The Australian ETF industry had nearly $5 billion in new inflows ...

Active manager performance slumps: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... on equal- and asset-weighted bases. The majority (73%) of bond fund managers however, did not beat the S&P/ASX Australian Fixed Interest 0+ Index. A-REITs lost about 22% in the six months to June, while the S&P/ASX 200 A-REIT suffered a loss of 21.29%. ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... leagues table, followed by its Concentrated Australian Equities (12.4%) and Greencape's Broadcap Fund (11.2%). Australian fixed-interest funds had 35 out of 42 products returning between 5.1% p.a. and 6.6% p.a. over three years. The remainder returned ...

Morningstar upgrades four, downgrades 10

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Following a qualitative review of 69 Australian fixed-interest strategies, ratings house Morningstar has made 15 changes; including upgrades, downgrades, and dropping its coverage of one strategy. The changes are attributable to Morningstar's revised ...

Boutique launches multi-asset fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... capital growth, a rarity among multi-asset funds in Australia." Asset allocation ranges are: up to 70% each in Australian fixed interest and international fixed interest, up to 60% in cash and cash equivalents, 10-50% in Australian equities, up to 40% ...

Former Aberdeen duo back with Sydney boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
Aberdeen Standard Investment's former head of Australian fixed income and global head of restructuring have kicked off a new consulting and advisory business. Nicholas Bishop and Stephen Fang worked at Aberdeen together for about a decade. The duo ...

Vanguard funds downgraded by Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... funds are multi-sector strategies that invest their assets across Australian equities, international equities, Australian fixed interest, international fixed interest and cash. In their most recent rating review from Monday, Morningstar noted the low ...

Macquarie tops mandate league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2020
... Partners, Vanguard, Ninety One Australia and River and Mercantile at three each. Macquarie also had the top spot in Australian fixed income (three wins, outstripping IFM Investors, Ardea and self-managed mandates' two each) and in international fixed ...

Investors back corporate bonds as COVID-19 winner

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2020
... aware of the difference between "dividends" and "coupons", according to Aberdeen Standard Investments head of Australian fixed income Garreth Innes. "The discretionary nature of dividends is often taken for granted when the economy is humming along ...