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ETF market to soar 30%: State Street

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... through the dual registry model will enable investors to select funds, managers and strategies which they believe will create alpha. This creates additional choice in the marketplace, but in order for these strategies to gain traction the issuers will ...

GQG and Magellan see FUM growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2024
... continues to trade on 11x earnings with a 9% dividend yield," Callaghan said. "With all GQG funds generating meaningful alpha over the last twelve months, we believe the business will continue to accumulate client flows at a rapid clip, expanding its ...

Investment managers embracing AI: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... question is no longer if but how managers are implementing AI capabilities. The use of AI across investment research and alpha generation by managers is mainly focused on augmenting existing capabilities through the expansion of data sets and analysis ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
Female fund managers generate 1.2% alpha on average compared to the broader population, a new analysis from Morningstar shows. The assessment of 62 portfolio management teams led by women were able to achieve 0.89% in alpha annualised over five years ...

Economists share their top left field ideas for 2024

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... growth is weak and probably going to be structurally weak, but I think there's upside for reform and that market has a lot of alpha in it, I think," she said, marking an opposing view to Jackson's 2023 prediction that the China growth story is over. ...

Prime to acquire boutique fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 FEB 2024
... over a three-year period. Altor earns an annualised revenue of about $1.8 million. Altor operates three strategies: the Alpha Fund, AltFi Income Fund and Emerging PIPE Fund. Prime said it will only acquire two of the strategies. Prime chair and managing ...

Fund selectors harbour AI bubble fears, affirm belief in its longevity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 FEB 2024
... view the market as favouring active management. Amid uncertainty, 75% consider active investments crucial for achieving alpha in 2024. Natixis IM country head of Australia and New Zealand Louise Watson said fund selectors are realigning their investment ...

BlackRock to cull 3% of global workforce

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JAN 2024
... technologies, which are poised to transform the asset management industry, are expected to aid the firm in unearthing new sources of alpha and enhancing operational efficiency. This round of job cuts marks the third instance in the past year for BlackRock ...

Morningstar reveals Australian equities upgrades, downgrades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
... or core domestic exposure at an attractive price. Morningstar's conviction in the strategy to deliver long-term positive alpha over the category benchmark, S/ASX 200 Index, has increased, underpinned by its growing confidence in the strength of the Realindex's ...

J.P. Morgan lists fixed income ETFs

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 8 DEC 2023
... disciplined risk management strategy," he said. "The portfolio management team has the ability to tap into a diverse range of alpha sources by investing across countries and sectors providing investors with quality fixed income and active management ...