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AMP hires risk lead

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 21 AUG 2020
... development (superannuation regulatory reform). Earlier in her career, Gorman worked at S&P Global Ratings as head of global equities, based in Sydney. She did work at AMP once before; in 1996 Gorman was a manager in AMP's corporate superannuation business. ...

Spaceship raises $10m in capital raise

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... a superannuation fund in 2017, added a managed funds business called Spaceship Voyager in 2018, offering two low-cost equities funds with the average investor a 30-year-old worker. Voyager ended FY20 with stellar returns on both options (its universe ...

Pengana sales manager lands distribution gig

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... will be responsible for the distribution of 8IP's Small Companies Fund, as well as Inspire Impact's Australian Equities Fund and its Impact Property Fund. He will also be working across Liverpool Partners private equity strategies; the sister ...

Perpetual profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... returns in excess of their benchmarks," he said. These included Perpetual's multi-asset funds, several of its Australian equities strategies, as well as its Global Innovation Fund. Credit and fixed income strategies have recovered well since spreads ...

WAM makes proposition plans public

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... Contango Asset Management, gave notice to shareholders that it was considering the fund shift from its Australian mid-cap equities strategy to instead be managed by a California-based global and emerging markets equities manager, WCM Investment Management. ...

REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Global real estate securities are priced competitively compared to asset classes such as equities and bonds, according to a real estate investment specialist with $106.3 billion in global assets under management. Despite the serious headwinds faced ...

Several promoted at Yarra Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Yarra Capital has announced a number of in-house promotions within its Australian equities investment team. Michael Steele, previously deputy portfolio manager for the firm's Australian smaller companies equity capability, has been promoted to co-portfolio ...

How to make sense of reporting season

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... earnings rebound in FY21E. Any delay or push back of the FY21E earnings into FY22E could present a near-term headwind for equities." While the US earnings recovery is currently a "textbook" V-shaped forecast, the profile for Australia is looking far ...

Future Super ramps up direct equities

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
Ethical superannuation fund Future Super has increased its exposure to direct equities while staying true to its investment strategy. The fund has traditionally had almost all of its Australian equities exposure through the BetaShares Australian Sustainability ...

Top performing Aussie equity funds unveiled

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... to outperform the index in the latest Rainmaker Information analysis to June end. Australian Unity Platypus Australian Equities came out on top in the large cap category and returned 14.4% per annum over three years against the ASX 200 index of 5.2% ...