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Active managers grapple with EM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
New Rainmaker research shows just 30% of actively-managed emerging-market funds delivered on their promise in the last three years. The latest Rainmaker Wholesale managed funds performance report looked at 22 products with $6.5 billion of assets over ...

ESG ETF demand rises: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... with the decision to use inexpensive means to gain the exposure. Interestingly, 70% of investors plan to replace active managers and increase their ETF allocation. EDHEC-Risk Institute director Lionel Martellini said the findings confirm that ESG investing ...

Aussie fundie receives global recognition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
... the economy. In the current economic uncertainty, this is more crucial than ever." Citywire analysed 1762 female active managers working across all asset classes, monitoring their ratings on a monthly basis. Every month a manager earning a AAA rating ...

Active manager performance slumps: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... long and short term as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Between January and March 2020, SPIVA reported many active managers improved their performance relative to the benchmark. This was wiped out by the coronavirus, which forced massive drawdowns ...

Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
Financial advisers are increasingly using exchange traded funds (ETFs) over concerns about the cost and performance of actively managed funds, according to VanEck. VanEck's fifth annual smart beta survey revealed 87% of advisers use ETFs in client ...

Fees should reflect investor skill: AB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Active managers should only charge fees in line with the returns generated from the investment manager's skills, according to Sharon Fay, chief responsibility officer at AllianceBernstein. Speaking at the JANA Annual Conference, Fay said not all active ...

Market rebound leaves behind active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Even with the share market soaring back to pre-COVID-19 highs, active fund managers continue to struggle with performance and profitability, Deloitte analysis shows. Median revenue for asset managers that invest in publicly traded shares and bonds fell ...

Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... 19% and 13% over the 12 months ending June. Mercer head of portfolio management in the Pacific Ronan McCabe said active managers with quality and growth biases outperformed their peers. "Quality characteristics such as companies focusing on the efficient ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... and value managers in relative terms, although the difference was less significant than in the March quarter. "Active managers broadly provided an excess return over the benchmark for investors with cyclical stocks rallying and defensives generally underperforming," ...

Best performing managed funds revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2020
... "straightforward" task. "Over the years there have been many different methodologies, including mixing a variety of active managers employing different investment styles," the report said. "If each manager was the "best of breed" in that style and they ...