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Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY | WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020

... relating to the virus affected firms globally." In this environment, momentum trumped value, with only one large value active manager outperformed the index in 2019, the silver-rated Nikko AM Australian Share fund, a value-orientated high-conviction ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020

As ASX-listed companies wind back dividends, income-focused equities funds will have to look harder for sources of income. Australian companies paid out about $55.5 billion in dividends last year, according to Janus Henderson. On average, between 1917 ...

Industry fund awards infrastructure mandate

KANIKA SOOD | TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020

An industry fund has allocated about $27 million to an unlisted infrastructure fund from First Sentier, as it diversifies its portfolio. Christian Super invested €15 million (about $27.4 million) to the First Sentier European Diversified Infrastructure ...

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

Fidelity 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 ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY | FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020

Latest insights from Morningstar show Australia's ETF market grew 52% in 2019, reaching highs of $61 billion in assets. It's a far cry from two decades ago; the industry was worth $3 billion in 2010, and there were only 27 ETF products available ...

Factor investing, sustainability a perfect match

ALLY SELBY | THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020

Factor investing and sustainability go hand and hand, allowing advisers and portfolio managers to create personalised portfolios that exclude companies with poor ESG ratings, while limiting human bias. That's according to Robeco director of factor ...

Bonds not out of the game

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020

Bond managers appear to be taking a more active approach to investing in the current low-volatility environment, according to Bank of China's head of fixed income Mark Todd. Looking into the performance of the major bond funds form the last 12 months ...

Index investment soars: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020

New research from Rainmaker Information has revealed indexed investments in the Australian market grew by 22% in the year to September 2019, surging to more than $500 billion. Indexed investments grew by 22% over the period, twice as fast as active ...

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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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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