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Robotic stock picking: the future is now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... Rodney Comegys attributes the increase in demand for these strategies to investors increasingly recognising that active managers are struggling to outperform broad market indices. "Quant-style investing offers a middle ground where investors can still ...

Aussie investors push tobacco exclusions

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... like many other industries - loaded with products and not always adding a lot of value. He said this is where active managers "have to be truly active" in order to command appropriate fees. And when business risk is managed alongside investment risk ...

Responsible investment distinguishes active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
Responsible investment strategies are giving active managers a distinct edge over passive managers because they're responding to a new generation demanding more socially conscience investment opportunities, a lead investment manager says. Responsible ...

Merger creates active management behemoth

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... highly complementary investment capabilities of each firm with a breadth and depth of talent unrivalled amongst UK active managers and positioning the business to meet the evolving needs of clients and customers. This merger brings financial strength ...

Passive is a Faustian bargain: Ariel CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAR 2017
... that the massive changes afoot in political and economic regimes, from the UK to the USA, play into the hands of active managers," she said. "Outperformance of each approach is cyclical, not secular. Studies have shown dramatic reversals occur when the ...

Instos must stress test: Mercer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2017
... look at stress-testing their portfolios against large equity, bond and currency movements, with opportunities for active managers to arise out of additional volatility created by increased protectionism and risk around policy implementation. "Political ...

Alpha generation to trump in 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 13 JAN 2017
... developed market macro managers attractive." 50 South Capital director of portfolio strategy Tristan Thomas added that active managers with a focus on dynamic risk management will continue to perform well throughout the year, because "many of these managers ...

Planning firm to launch Netwealth private label

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 DEC 2016
... contemporary model portfolios, with Zenith employing a dynamic asset allocation with their best research ideas for active managers," Thwaites said. Having recently exceeded $10.5 billion in funds under management, Heine added that Netwealth "continues ...

Netwealth partners for new private label

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... is delighted to be Stanford Brown's platform partner, with the models on offer holding "a core of high quality active managers with dynamic asset allocation implemented via the use of selected ETFs." Commenting on the partnership, Stanford Brown chief ...

Bennelong fund added to two platforms

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
... attractive absolute returns over the medium to long term. Head of wholesale sales at Bennelong, Jonas Daly, said active managers with proven outperformance display a typically sound investment process regardless of the economic landscape. "The high demand ...