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Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out. "The volatility associated with COVID-19 may provide active managers the ideal environment in which to outperform," Morningstar said. "Indeed, history has shown us large market dislocations ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... are scenarios where they will underperform in certain market environments and this is one of them," he said. "Active managers have the scope to be flexible in the type of the companies they choose but they want to be careful with drastically changing ...

Industry fund awards infrastructure mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
... to lower fee, screened passive strategies from Dimensional Fund Advisors, while maintaining a small roster of active managers. The First Sentier investment was led by Christian Super research and portfolio analyst Yong Tan and the fund's newly-appointed ...

Active managers: Opportunities abound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2020
While COVID-19 may have some reeling from uncertainty, active managers are seeing it as their time to shine as opportunities for growth crop up. T. Rowe Price's head of investments, Robert Sharps, said while he is not seeing any wholesale change from ...

Fidelity sweeps Morningstar Australia Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... International scored two wins at the 2020 Morningstar Australia Awards, while passive investing giant Vanguard beat active managers in the multi-asset category. The awards were spread across eight categories, with the winners announced last Friday. Fidelity ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... ETFs in Australia, compared with 87 global equities products, and 47 Australian equities ETFs. Zaychuk argues active managers have warmed to ETFs as a way to distribute their strategies. "In 2019, we saw nine new active ETFs added to Morningstar database ...

Factor investing, sustainability a perfect match

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... Crisis, investors became rather disappointed about returns, and they were asking critical questions, especially of active managers that didn't pay off in that period." Robeco uses four key factors to approach its investment strategy; value, momentum ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... will be very active," Todd said. "I cannot speak for these managers but it wouldn't surprise me if they were active managers and I mean very active. The traditional view has been to buy and hold, I wouldn't be surprised if these managers employ ...

Index investment soars: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... as fast as active investments. "The growth in indexed management is not surprising given the difficulty so many active managers have had in beating their investment benchmarks," Rainmaker head of research John Dyall said. "Part of the problem, I believe ...

The dark horses of Aussie shares funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
As underperformance continues to plague active managers, here are the names of the Aussie shares funds that managed to beat the S&P/ASX 200 in the year to October. The 12 months to October were particularly bad for active managers. As the S&P/ASX 200 ...

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Mercer Super chief executive steps down

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:01PM
Mercer Super chief executive Claire Ross is departing after almost 17 years in senior leadership roles at the retail super fund.

AusFood Super looks to revitalise member engagement

MATTHEW WAI  |   11:30AM
The $3.5 billion super fund has partnered with InvestStream to launch RetireSmart+, becoming the first super fund to bring an AI-powered engagement experience to some 66,000 members.

L1 Group posts 'marked recovery' in June quarter

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   12:13PM
L1 Group has reported a marked recovery in investment performance in the June quarter.

European PE firm mandates Apostle with Australian distribution

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |   11:50AM
Apostle Fund Management has been appointed by European investment firm Triton Partners for the distribution of its credit strategies in Australia and New Zealand.

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