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Most traded US stocks revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... Composite up 4.8% and 6.9% respectively. The research revealed it was an eventful month for a handful of shares dubbed 'meme stocks' due to their strong support base across online forum Reddit. The most well-known example, and the most-traded US share ...

Vale Garry Wyatt

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... developed their own independent research and proprietary systems to produce a high concentration portfolio of 20 to 25 stocks. "He assisted in building and strengthening Insync's capabilities, drawing on his commercial and leadership acumen, investment ...

Lazard enters local ETF industry with infra offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2024
... meet a minimum market capitalisation hurdle at the time of purchase." As at the end of May, the fund was invested in 27 stocks, primarily in North America and Europe ex UK, with its biggest holdings being diversified utilities and toll roads. Its top ...

Active Super found guilty of greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2024
... highlighted 'RUSSIA OUT' as a country exclusion. That report revealed that Active Super held investments in Russian stocks through two emerging market funds but begun divesting those securities after the invasion. But ASIC argued that LGSS held ...

ETFs dominate client portfolios: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2024
... said cash and equivalents (76%) were the next most-popular recommendations, followed by managed funds (64%), and direct stocks (51%) and bonds (47%). While advisers feel more optimistic about the economy over the next six to 12 months compared to last ...

Clearway wins distribution mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2024
... unavailable elsewhere. "In Saudi Arabia, for example, it's a challenge to get large-cap exposure to consumer discretionary stocks whereas with small caps it isn't a problem," he said. "One of the main risks is liquidity. In an economic downturn or when ...

Value versus growth: Market expectations in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... investing to generate alpha. Then transitioning to the first half of 2023, that period saw significant performance for growth stocks. What's next? Appearing at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers (SIAA) Conference, Platypus head of investments Prasad ...

Macquarie Asset Management launches low-cost active ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... Meanwhile, MSI co-head Benjamin Leung emphasised the systematic investment team's careful consideration of the number of stocks held, their weights, and potential outcomes from a risk and exposure perspective. "We've built a naturally adaptive ...

Price dislocations pave way for active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... active," she said. Many investors would argue that equities appear too expensive now, particularly the Magnificent Seven stocks of Tesla, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Nvidia, and Microsoft. Compared to their 2021 levels, Liu said the Magnificent Seven's ...

Platinum's FUM dips below $14bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2024
... while the MSCI delivered 7.8% p.a. The fund wrote in an investor note that its philosophy has always been to find mispriced stocks and opportunities in areas that are out of favour and away from the crowd. "We avoid trying to predict which direction ...