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Warakirri appoints exclusive manager for equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
Warakirri Asset Management has chosen a boutique to manage about $375 million across its equities strategies, as it moves away from multi-manager structure. Northcape Capital will now manage Warakirri Asset Management's equities strategies ($300 million ...

Coronavirus puts rocket under shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
Australian investors are flocking to ETFs that allow them to short the ASX200 and the S&P 500 amid the stock market correction, doubling their assets since start of the year. The ASX 200 and S&P 500 had both lost over 20% from the start of the year ...

Colonial First State ups cash for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Colonial First State is temporarily allowing three of its Australian equities funds to hold more cash than their investment mandates, as the ASX 200 reported its worst day ever yesterday. The $2.9 billion Colonial First State Wholesale Geared Share ...

Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
The current volatility of global financial markets is taking its toll on some of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Latest Rainmaker analysis of superannuation returns and unit pricing shows Australia's large superannuation funds aren't ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... darlings at discounted prices. That's according to Paul Taylor, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Australian Equities Fund. "Coronavirus will impact economies, markets and lives - but when you look at it from a market perspective, it's important ...

Clime launches new SMA portfolios

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... "Clime's investment management team collectively has more than 150 years' experience and our All Cap Australian Equities Fund was ranked in the top five performing funds in the country in 2019 by Mercer. "Bringing this capability and expertise ...

Pendal global equities fund cut at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Morningstar has dropped coverage on Pendal's global equities fund which recently swapped out an external manager for Pendal's in-house investment team. In November, Pendal announced it would pull $460 million from AQR Capital Management across three ...

Mid and small-caps outperform in 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has released its annual SPIVA Australia Scorecard; a report measuring the performance of active funds against their respective benchmark indices - and mid and small-caps have come out on top. Surveying returns from 829 Australian ...

Pendal cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
Pendal has dropped the fees on a $334 million global emerging markets equities fund by 22bps. The Pendal Global Emerging Markets Opportunity Fund lowered its issuer fees from 1.40% per year to 1.18% per year, effective last Thursday. The fund is managed ...

Asset manager to be liquidated

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... not provide further details. Global Merces is the responsible entity of Global Merces Access Fund, Global Merces Equities Fund and Covesta. Global Merces launched a managed funds regtech solution back in March 2018, with the intention of cutting the ...