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Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
Large-cap active equity fund managers turned in their second-worst year of underperformance as 77% failed to beat their benchmark, the latest SPIVA study shows. Aussie large-cap managers suffered their worst-performing period in 2023 - not since 2018 ...

Copia seals distribution partnership

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 FEB 2024
... HSBC Asset Management to distribute a strategy to retail investors. Copia will make the HSBC Global Infrastructure Equity Fund available to retail investors after it was launched to the institutional and wholesale market in 2022. The actively managed ...

Rest awards impact mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
Rest is $150 million closer to reaching its impact investment target after allocating to a listed equity fund. Rest has invested in an international listed equities strategy run by Ninety-One, which "aims to achieve long-term total returns by investing ...

GQG records US$10bn in inflows, eyes Abu Dhabi office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
GQG Partners reported US$10 billion of net flows for the full year ending 2023, while announcing plans for an office in Abu Dhabi. The global boutique asset manager concluded the year with US$120.6 billion in funds under management (FUM), reflective ...

EQT winds up Mirae Asia equity fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2024
Equity Trustees (EQT) is set to close the Mirae Asset Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund, with final termination expected on or around April 5. As the fund's responsible entity, EQT said the decision to close the Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund was ...

Actively managed, ESG funds top 2023 outflows

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... investors. UK investors redeemed $1.9 billion (US$1.2bn) from ESG equity funds - which is double the amount of non-ESG equity fund redemptions. Australians redeemed $451 million (US$292m) from ESG equity funds. "The great ESG backlash reflects accusations ...

Hyperion leads as top Australian shares fund manager: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... Broadcap fund, returning 23.6% and 22.9%, respectively. The top rankings were rounded out by the Selector High Conviction Equity Fund with a 22.2% return, Platypus Australian Equities at 21.9%, First Sentier offerings, Australian Equities Concentrated ...

IFM offloads stake in payment software business to Autodesk

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
IFM Investors has reached an agreement to divest its stake in construction payment software business Payapps, previously known as Zuuse, to Autodesk. Since 2020, IFM's private equity funds has held a significant minority share of Payapps, with an initial ...

Perpetual weathers $4.3bn in outflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... said it had been a "difficult period for active asset managers," denoting "the worst quarter in 15 years for active equity fund flows," referencing Morningstar data. "Whilst the net outflows of $4.3 billion in our asset management business was disappointing ...

Betashares leads Australian ETF net flows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
Betashares claimed top spot in net flows among Australian ETF issuers in 2023, amassing net inflows of $5.6 billion, outstripping industry giants iShares and Vanguard. Separately, Betashares announced that two of its flagship equity funds, the Betashares ...