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Sydney portfolio manager on best female fundies list

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUL 2019
... never directly met." Howitt was previously a research analyst for three years covering banks, insurers and diversified financials. Prior to that she was an analyst / portfolio manager with AMP Capital for the AMP Value Plus Fund covering financials ...

Buy time ahead for Aussie equities: Tribeca

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2019
... domestic cyclicals, particularly following their strong rally in recent weeks. Its biggest holdings at end of June were financials ex-REITs (about 27%), materials (18.2%), healthcare and industrials (about 11% each). Earlier this year, Liu's longstanding ...

Mercer unveils best-performing Aussie equity funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
... this was largely due to the narrow market environment and significant underexposure to key large cap stocks in the financials, materials and communication services sectors," he said. Some managers with a negative market view held high cash levels. Additionally ...

Fund managers lag on ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... aggregate Australian companies were found to be getting better at reporting ESG, with a 30% improvement since 2011. Financials and infrastructure companies were among the top scorers with real estate companies reporting some of the lowest scores. Magellan ...

Wealth firm trims Aussie shares

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... S&P/ASX Midcap 50 index has gained more than 11% since the start of the year and is dominated by materials, industrials, financials and consumer discretionary stocks. Ten-year annual returns of the index sit lower at 6.47%. The 10 largest holdings in ...

UBS deputy head of research departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... Insurance coverage will now be responsibility of Kieren Chidgey, who is adding it to his current coverage of diversified financials. Following the changes, the research executive committee will include APAC head of research Damien Horth and four executives ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... allocations by country are in China (26%), South Korea (14.7%), Taiwan (10.9%), India (10.5%) and by sector are in financials (26.7%), information technology (23.6%), consumer discretionary (19.4%). EMMG's management costs are 1% per annum. Legg Mason ...

UBS co-head of equities departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2019
... have the sole responsibility for the role. Williams joined UBS in 2004 as a research analyst working on diversified financials. He was promoted to managing director in 2012 and became the head of research for the Australian and New Zealand before starting ...

ClearView posts first half profit dip

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 FEB 2019
... first half as it repositions pricing of its life insurance and wealth management products. The ASX-listed diversified financials has three main businesses: life insurance, wealth management and advice. Together, they posted $13.3 million in underlying ...

Fidelity adds US equities exposure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... remain attuned to the risk of value traps, and are closely watching for signs of vulnerability in our exposure to the financials sector across portfolios," Bateman said. On the fixed income side, Fidelity is focusing on gaining exposure to high quality ...