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Growth, quality stocks to outperform: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2023
... remember is, when you're looking at quality versus growth versus value, we're not seeing any actual breadth across the equity market." He points out that if you look at the S&P 500, which is up 15% year to date, nearly 100% of its return is being ...

AMP offloads SuperConcepts

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2023
An investor group comprising private equity firm Pemba Capital Partners and several advice industry executives is buying the SMSF administration business and its SuperMate solution. AMP is selling SuperConcepts to Pemba Capital Partners, which is co-investing ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... response to an inflationary shock is to pursue growth that exceeds inflation." The next priority is to consider how different equity types react to inflation, the report explained. "Emerging from all this commentary were several common themes, including ...

AI in ESG: Risk or opportunity?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  MONDAY, 5 JUN 2023
... consent. Striking a balance between improving marketing strategies and respecting customer privacy is paramount. Bias, equity and inclusion: Whether AI outputs are found to be bias or not often reflect societal biases due to biased inputs or datasets ...

Macquarie AM wins manager of the year: ILAs

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... Indexed/Enhanced Dimensional Fund Advisors Dimensional Australian Large Company Trust Income Focused Vertium Asset Management Vertium Equity Income Fund Small Cap First Sentier Investors First Sentier Wholesale Australian Small Companies Fund ESG U Ethical ...

Frontier overhauls research function

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... and derivatives), reporting to Kemp. Frontier has also created a new private markets team to run private debt and private equity under one single construct. This team will focus on offerings in both debt and equities to help provide clients with insight ...

Family offices look to infrastructure for alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... with the asset class' performance. One chief investment officer of an unnamed family office commented: "There's a lot of equity long/short, which is just equity beta. We pay a lot for it; it hasn't helped us. So, we've spent a lot of time really thinking ...

Nanuk launches currency hedged unit class

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... "This demand is particularly driven by the strength of the US dollar, as advisers aim to safeguard the value of global equity holdings from potential depreciation in the US currency." The Nanuk New World Fund was initially launched as an unlisted fund ...

Active fund outperformance mostly short-lived: SPIVA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... actively managed funds failed to outperform over five consecutive years. According to the report, nearly no actively managed equity, A-REIT and fixed income funds succeeded in maintaining consistent outperformance relative to their peers. Specifically ...

Future Fund adds to investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... recently by recruiting Ben Griffiths, (ex-TCorp) as director of equities and Carlyle dealmaker David Bluff as head of private equity. Last week, Alexander Byrne, an infrastructure and timberland specialist also joined from the Australian Retirement Trust. ...