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Magellan's largest client asked to review costs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2020
An activist shareholder is asking for a cost review at Magellan's biggest client, St James Place. But the risk to Magellan is low, says Credit Suisse. The UK wealth manager has been using Magellan's strategies since 2011 and was its first overseas client. ...

Vanguard awards global equity mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
Vanguard has awarded a US$3.4 billion mandate to a boutique fund manager, replacing Franklin Templeton subsidiary Edinburgh Partners. Sprucegrove Investment Management will manage about 35% of the Vanguard International Value Fund, which has US$9.8 ...

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
Wealth managers are increasingly using ETFs to incorporate ethical and responsible investing, flagging that this strategy will eventually substitute the actively-managed part of their portfolios. More than half (55%) of the global 191 institutional ...

Aussie fundie receives global recognition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
An Australian fund manager has made the best female global fund managers list for the second year in a row. Fidelity International portfolio manager Kate Howitt was ranked 11th on UK publication Citywire's list of the top 30 female fund managers ...

Active manager performance slumps: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
The coronavirus has wiped out the performance gains of active fund managers against their respective benchmarks, according to the latest SPIVA scorecard. S&P Dow Jones Indices' SPIVA scorecard, touted as the "de facto scorekeeper of the ongoing active ...

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 ...

Zenith hires consultants from Lonsec

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2020
Zenith Investment Partners has hired two consultants from Lonsec, including the latter's deputy head of active manager research. Shailesh Jain will work as a senior investment consultant at Zenith, focussing on its client and platform relationships. ...

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 ...