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VFMC names head of equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2022
... since 2019. Most recently he led international equity and active currency investments but previously oversaw Australian equities and alternative credit. Effective August 22, he will become VFMC's head of equities, reporting to chief investment officer ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Local ETF industry flows positive, lower FUM: BetaShares

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... industry flows, with investors seemingly cautious to allocate heavily to overseas sharemarkets." "As such, it was Australian equities exposures that received the lion's share of industry flows, receiving almost double the amount of net flows compared ...

ETF flows up despite volatility: Vanguard

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 JUL 2022
... international equity ETF flows significantly weakened, they attracted $489million, down 70% quarter over quarter. "Australian equities saw significant demand this quarter as investors flocked back to familiar names," Tieu said. "However, it's a timely ...

UniSuper revamps investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
... investment chief John Pearce has revamped his investment team following the departure of its longtime head of Australian equities, Simon Hudson. Hudson, an industry stalwart, was hired 12 years ago from QIC when Pearce began to build the industry fund's ...

IFM Investors launches climate transition fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUN 2022
The Australian equities fund aims to help institutional investors reduce carbon emissions exposures while aligning investments to Your Future, Your Super requirements. IFM Investors said it expects the Climate Transition Fund will have broad appeal ...

SMSF assets climb to $892bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
... also limited resulting in most liquidity being managed through cash at bank." According to SuperConcepts, Australian equities continue to have the lion's share of the SMSF investment pool at 40%. SuperConcpts pointed out that while pooled arrangements ...

First Sentier named Investment Manager of the Year

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2022
... factored in volatility, downside risk and performance ratios. Below is the full list of categories and winners: Australian Equities - High Performance Abrdn - Abrdn Sustainable Australian Equity Fund Fixed Income - Credit Alexander Funds Management - ...