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Investment strategies need to change: GSFM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... the current environment, improving investor outcomes through stock selection should become more important. "Active management is usually more effective in periods of increased uncertainty, and it is hard to find an environment more uncertain than now," ...

Aussie investors unhappy with pandemic performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... see the majority of investors reporting satisfaction with overall portfolio performance, risk management and active management results across the majority of asset classes, although there are important changes underway on all fronts." "While such periods ...

Property winners, losers of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... differentiation than at any point since the GFC," Everett said. "However, new opportunities will present themselves and active management remains important. The key will be a careful assessment of demographics, long-term drivers of demand, and entering ...

IFM pledges to kickstart COVID-19 recovery

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2020
... compete in bidding processes, which IFM claims will stimulate job creation and the construction sector. More active management of infrastructure projects with a long term equity partner, IFM said, could result in less risk to the taxpayer and more effective ...

Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... managers, and this was the case in this recent period. "We have seen time and time again that the benefits of active management are most evident in more challenging markets and this continues to be the case." Managers with exposures to healthcare and ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... had a major impact on manager performance with those high in tech and e-commerce among the best performers. Active management paid off for those managers investing to a growth style; however, most core and value managers across international portfolios ...

Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Amid the market volatility the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in, a new survey has revealed that sentiment is turning in favour of active investment management. The Natixis Investment Managers survey found that 79% of finance professionals globally and 78% ...

Rest names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... placed to pursue attractively priced assets in investment markets on behalf of our members as a result of our active management approach," Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle said. "Andrew will play a key role working with our investment managers and Board ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... survey also found eight in 10 financial professionals (79%) believe the current environment is one that favours active management. Additionally, almost seven in 10 advisers agree investors have a false sense of security in passive investments (68%) and ...

Global manager rolls out local access to alternatives fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... Henderson's suite of global investment offerings," Gaden said. Gaden said that amid the current environment, active management approach is "even more critical", as portfolio managers evaluate opportunities which may arise market volatility and make their ...