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QIC enters private debt, hires from AMP Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JAN 2021
... defensive, stable and broadly uncorrelated with listed equity markets," Jones said. "By providing a leading, skilled, active management approach to private debt, which will include astute asset selection, debt structuring and management, QIC will prioritise ...

RARE Infrastructure rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 DEC 2020
... unchanged. "Asset management continues to be our sole focus, with our Australian investment team delivering authentic active management in the global listed infrastructure space," he said. RARE's funds will be renamed to the following: ClearBridge ...

Invesco advances active non-transparent ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... the ETF's portfolio value without fully disclosing the holdings. It also aims to deliver the benefits of active management in a tax efficient and cost-effective ETF wrapper. The Invesco non-transparent model would thereby maintain confidentiality ...

Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... that tended to dilute the potential for excess returns. The result was generally benchmark-like returns - at active management fees." Northern Trust said the no-reward risk came from, among other factors, underlying portfolio holdings cancelling each ...

Active managers grapple with EM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... outperformed their benchmarks on an after-fees basis. The average active fees charged were 1.1% per annum. Even if active management fees were not charged, investors were still better off investing in an index fund, Rainmaker said. Fidelity Global Emerging ...

Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... managed funds." The survey found the 57% of respondents use smart beta ETFs as a substitute or replacement for active management while 47% use it instead of passively managed funds. In addition, 94% are familiar with smart beta strategies, an increase ...

Industry fund reveals new mandates

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... initiatives during 2020," Zhang said. He added that the changes centre on increasing the fund's preference for active management and enhancing scale benefits by consolidating the number of managers to those in which it has the most conviction. "legalsuper ...

Fees should reflect investor skill: AB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... factors like growth or value, and what's remaining from those returns that can be associated to manager skill and active management." Prime alpha, Fay said, is very persistent and if a manager has been able to achieve higher returns over time the likelihood ...

Centuria acquires industrial assets

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... [Centuria Industrial REIT's] portfolio, provide strong income streams and support opportunities to undertake active management initiatives across our asset base," he said. "We remain focused on increasing quality, scale and investor relevance as Australia's ...

Magellan readies lower-cost funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... different to Magellan's existing actively managed strategies. They use Magellan's research but have a less active management involvement. "Some people don't really want to pay for full active management, nevertheless they want some exposure ...