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Chief economist update: The (dot) plot thickens

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
The Fed has spoken and Wall Street didn't like what it heard and saw (in the dot plots). US equities painted the board red, with all benchmark indices closing on the down low, while yields on 10-year US Treasuries went on the up and up. This is ...

Index fund tops risk-adjusted rankings

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUN 2021
... the latest Rainmaker's latest RMetrics Managed Funds report, delivering the best performance in the international equities high performance category in the three years to March 2021. NDQ also ranked first in the risk-adjusted category, followed by ...

L1 Capital launches activist fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
L1 Capital is launching a new Australian equities fund that seeks to unlock company value via shareholder activism. The Catalyst Fund, which launches on July 1, will be led by James Hawkins, who joined L1 Capital as a partner in March. The high-conviction ...

Fidelity changes up global equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
Fidelity Investments' lead portfolio manager for global equities strategies has resigned. Amit Lodha will cede portfolio management responsibilities for funds including the Fidelity Global Equities fund, which is offered to Australian investors ...

Macquarie sweeps Investment Leadership Awards

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... Management, Pendal Group, State Street Global Advisors and Vanguard. It also won the following categories: Australian Equities - Index/Enhanced; Australian Equities - Small Cap; Fixed Income - Aggregate Bonds; Multi-Asset - Capital Stable; and Multi-Asset ...

Aware Super awards $30bn mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... Super to help accomplish their ESG goals today and in the future." Previously, Vanguard managed indexed investments in equities and fixed interest for Aware. Ahead of launching its own super product, Vanguard has ceased managing passive strategies on ...

Chief economist update: US inflation may not be as transitory as the Fed believes

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2021
... that headline and core inflation grew by more than expected but the financial markets' reaction was different - US equities fell in May, they advanced this month around. America's annual headline inflation rate accelerated from 4.2% in April ...

Hostplus holds on to MySuper top spot

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUN 2021
... Rainmaker MySuper Index returned 18.7% in the 12 months to April. The month's returns were 70bps lower to 2.2%, as equities and property performed well but fixed income and cash fell. "Fixed interest returns have fallen to a sector median of 1.0% ...

AUSIEX launches, announces leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2021
... from CBA to operate independently, providing trading, asset management solutions, and wholesale brokerage that includes equities execution and administration services, as well as clearing and settlement services. In June, it partnered with LAB Group ...

Principal Real Estate wins SMA mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JUN 2021
... managers that bring differentiated characteristics suited to the single manager profiles like the fund," BTIS head of equities James McSkimming said.