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Fund manager hires distribution director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... significantly in the Australian market since first launching here in 2018, and we continue to see strong interest in our global equities and emerging markets capabilities which have performed strongly despite the turmoil of markets in 2020," he said. ...

Morphic co-founder joins hedge fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... including North American listed companies, and to employ an investment team of just four. Morphic was a long/short global equities manager with a focus on ethical investing. It had about $113 million in total assets at September 2020, split across an ...

Woodside results vindicate divestment argument: Activists

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... Several of Australia's largest super funds have significant holdings in Woodside. It appears in the top 20 Australian equities investments of $100 billion government fund QSuper and Hostplus has a holding of approximately $88.4 million in the company. ...

Goldman Sachs launches robo-adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 FEB 2021
... their portfolios with the use of exchange-traded funds. Marcus Invest offers over 50 ETF products invested in bonds and equities, categorised across three strategies. Core is for investors who believe "it's hard to beat the market's average returns" ...

Chief economist update: Amber alert

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 FEB 2021
... coronavirus, it's the vertigo-inducing rally on Wall Street. After dropping to three-year lows in March last year, US equities have rocketed higher and higher to new highs. The S&P 500 index has risen by 75.8% to date from the pandemic-induced sell-off ...

Hostplus enhances ESG option

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... mandate to other external investment managers, a spokesperson confirmed. SRI allocates to local and international listed equities, and unlisted assets such as property, bonds, cash, and private equity. It targets a return of 3.5% per annum above inflation. ...

T. Rowe Price names president, operations chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... with the firm for 23 years. He started out as an analyst before progressing to portfolio manager and co-head of global equities. His remit as investments lead was broadened in recent years to include corporate strategy, product development and pricing ...

Industry fund awards $60m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... Management has won a $60 million mandate from a $5.4 billion industry fund. TWUSUPER has selected Eiger Capital for the equities allocation. "This mandate furthers TWUSUPER's plan to focus its active management budget on areas where we have a comparative ...

Challenger wins $200m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Challenger has scored a $200 million mandate in indexed global equities from an industry fund. Local Government Super, which manages $12 billion in retirement savings for current and former New South Wales government employees, picked Challenger for ...

Cbus appoints three investment heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2021
... nabInvest. "I am delighted to welcome John, Serge and James to our team. Their expertise in property, private equity and equities will be key to our continued outperformance and maximising the retirement savings of our members," Cbus chief investment ...