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Risk but no reward in institutional equities portfolios

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
Northern Trust Asset Management peeked into the equities portfolios of 200 institutional managers and found nearly 66% of the risk they took didn't yield rewards. The quant manager studied 200 portfolios (1000 strategies totaling $200 billion plus in ...

Morphic co-founder exits

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
... bought a stake in the business. Slater's portfolio management responsibilities will go to Ellerston co-head of global equities Bill Pridham. He has also resigned from the board of the listed Morphic Ethical Equities Fund (MEC) and Ellerston's ...

Fresh fundies outperform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... periods. The index has returned -0.6% per annum since July 2018. For context, the top performing small cap Australian equities fund that Rainmaker tracks over a one-year basis was OC's Micro-Cap Fund, returning 31.4% to August 31. This was followed ...

Neuberger Berman bolsters distribution team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... responsible for driving growth in the intermediary channel, providing advisers and investors with investment solutions from equities, fixed income, and private equity. Neuberger Berman head of intermediary distribution Matt Thompson said he is excited ...

Australian Unity launches new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... a range of sectors and asset classes including venture capital and private equity; domestic and international listed equities; and social infrastructure such as medical and health-related real estate. Australian Unity managing director Rohan Mead said ...

Active managers grapple with EM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... was 3.5% p.a. while the benchmark return was 5.6% p.a.. In other asset classes, top performers in the large-cap Aussie equities space were Lakehouse Small Companies Fund (29% p.a.), OC Micro-Cap Fund (21.8% p.a.) and SGH Emerging Companies Fund (20.4% ...

ASI names global head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... purpose of investing for a better future." The appointment follows ASI promoting Natalie Tam to deputy head of Australian equities after 15 years on the team.

BNP Paribas AM names Asian equities lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
BNP Paribas Asset Management has made further changes to its Asian equities business, appointing a new lead for the Hong Kong-based team. Zhikai Chen took over the role of head of Asian equities on October 8, joining from Lombard Odier Group where he ...

NZ firm hires 10 analysts in Australian expansion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... investment bank with expansion plans in Australia has revealed a "heavyweight" line-up of investment professionals joining its equities research team. Jarden announced it would be expanding into the Australian market in May of this year, growing Jarden ...

Alphinity appoints to new role

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... the creation of the new role was aimed at more deeply integrating ESG related matters across its domestic and global equities funds as well as the Alphinity Sustainable Share Fund. Cairns was most recently senior sustainability adviser at Transurban ...