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Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... assets under management. In the research note to clients, it defines female-managed portfolios as women holding at least one third of portfolio manager positions. Of the total universe, just 14 mutual funds were led by an all-female team. While their ...

NPS buffers COVID-19 shocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... income, as well as foreign currency translation gains from an increase in the USD-KRW exchange rate. NPS is the world's third largest pension fund with KRW752.2 trillion ($859bn) assets under management. Since it was established in 1988, it has delivered ...

Labor says yes, economists say no to SG rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Former Labor Prime Ministers Kevin Rudd and Paul Keating have slammed the possibility the Liberal party may ditch the planned rise to the super guarantee as economists warn against it going ahead. Speaking at a socially distanced press conference, Rudd ...

First Sentier takes stake in renewable energy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
... 1600 megawatts (MW) of facilities and has more than 3000 MWs of projects under advanced development. The acquisition is the third direct infrastructure investment in the US by FSI, which manages more than US$8 billion of unlisted infrastructure investments ...

Robinhood effect steers share market

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... is less optimistic about the consumer discretionary sector. She does not see the government granting early access for a third round. In terms of individual stocks, Lee predicts Appen will benefit from machine learning and artificial intelligence developments ...

IOOF buys MLC Wealth for $1.4bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... combined operations to deliver better results. It said it is targeting pre-tax synergies of $150 million per annum by the third full year of ownership on a run-rate basis.

Northern Trust races up custody league tables

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... This is the second consecutive period that it has slid up the ranking. Citi Group also improved its rankings, coming in the third largest from the fourth spot at December end. BNP Paribas also moved up one spot to the fifth-largest custodian. NAB Asset ...

HESTA takes active approach to class actions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... improved accountability by companies, directors and corporate advisors to their shareholders. "We see legal action as a vital third arm of active ownership that compliments engagement and share voting to achieve long-term change for benefit of members," ...

Chief economist update: Japan economy tanks depsite looser restrictions

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... containment measures relative to its peers but even this didn't stop its economy from contracting big time, for the third consecutive quarter. No matter how it's measured, the country's national output dropped sharply - down at annualised ...

Clients value advice during pandemic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... Investment Trends Recep Peker said. Interestingly, the report found a growing cohort of self-licensed planners. Almost a third of advisers currently hold their own AFSL or operating in a boutique AFSL, showing a two-fold increase since 2016. "More planners ...