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Regal appoints global distribution lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... industry made her the perfect candidate for the role," he said. Fesq said: "As we see an increasing demand for active managers who provide differentiated sources of alpha and non-correlated returns, I am thrilled to be joining... the Regal team during ...

Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
Rainmaker research revealed that over the three years to June 2019 the median managers in all active investment categories underperformed their respective benchmark returns. The research looked at active core, high performance and small companies funds. ...

Challenger appoints funds management boss

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... boutique after the firm decided to offload its investment management. Fidante has been working on active ETFs for its active managers, with a launch for Kapstream expected in early October.

Vanguard launches three new active funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... manager model Vanguard is best-recognised in Australia for its low-cost index ETFs but it has tied up with external active managers since its start in 1975, Vanguard Australia head of product and marketing Evan Reedman said. The company now has relationships ...

ASIC clamps down on opaque active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... risk and incorporate a means of managing it into their risk management framework." Internal market making enables active managers to list their strategies as ETFs without having to disclose their portfolio holdings. In traditional market making, an ETF ...

Active managers overcharge: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... 94% of the returns for these funds could be attributed to the index instead of the fund manager's skills. "Active managers must also differentiate themselves and provide what smart beta cannot. If this differentiation can't be achieved, then ...

MSCI ups China A-shares, managers respond

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2019
... than absolute return potential in the short-term." Moffett also believes the change could bring big inflows from active managers. "It should translate into some US$40 billion worth of inflows from active funds, assuming these funds allocate money according ...

Mixed year for local market neutral funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2019
... bias towards small caps because they are harder to short. Secondly, last year's volatility did not favor many active managers. "While volatility returned to equity markets, low levels of dispersion across individual stocks resulted in an unproductive ...

Fund managers embrace China exposure: Zenith

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JAN 2019
... exposure to sectors such as financials, industrials and real estate. "This will give rise to more opportunities for active managers to diversify their portfolios and enhance performance outcomes," De Silva said. But investing in China A-Shares comes ...

UniSuper awards fixed income mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2019
... management, Coote says there are no immediate plans for a listed version of the strategy - a channel that fixed income active managers started experimenting with last year.