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Investors must monitor social mood: Nikko

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Nikko investment director in global equities Iain Fulton says investors should be aware of the social mood and the social reputation the companies in their portfolios carry. At an investor briefing in Sydney, Fulton suggested investors look to the art ...

Boutique wins industry fund mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... shuffles its manager lineup. Christian Super chose Ethical Partners, run by Perpetual Investments' former deputy head of equities Nathan Parkin, as it swapped out an existing active manager. "We think Ethical Partners is a stronger addition to the ...

Growing uncertainty sees more advisers outsourcing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
Financial advisers are increasingly bearish in their outlook for Aussie equities and uncertain about global equities - resulting in an uptick in outsourcing. New Investment Trends research indicates a strong trend for advisers moving away from being ...

Crunch time for boutique funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... continued and some have raised billions like L1 Capital and Firetrail Investments. Zenith Investment Partners head of equities research Quan Nguyen points to the continuing bull market as a reason for boutique launches -- and in offering pointers to ...

Research budgets shrink at UK asset managers

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
... after MiFID II's roll out on 3 January 2018. Asset managers saved around £70 million for their investors in UK-managed equities funds in the first six months of 2018 after MiFID II forced them to reconsider their research arrangements. The FCA said ...

CFS awards Asian equities mandate

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2019
Colonial First State has awarded a mandate to a global asset manager for its Asian equities strategy. Robeco has won the mandate for an undisclosed amount to manage CFS's high-conviction, unconstrained, Asian equities mandate that looks to integrate ...

Northern Trust tests waters for ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... passive, liquidity-focused or quantitative strategies with a small amount in fundamental investing, primarily in the US in equities and fixed income.

AllianceBernstein wins industry fund mandate

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2019
... portfolio designed by AllianceBernstein. NGS Super has invested $170 million in AllianceBernstein's Managed Volatility Equities Fund Green strategy, known as Green MVE, which launched in December last year. The strategy is based on the view that ...

Challenger appoints funds management boss

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... managers in Australia, including Kapstream, Ardea and Bentham Asset Management, and has boutique partners in Australian equities, global equities and alternatives. Earlier this year, it attracted UBS Asset Management's small caps team as they looked ...

Best and worst performing global shares funds revealed

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... only looked at the universe of Morningstar-rated funds which has about 114 names. "The first half was really strong for equities and so even the worse performing funds made a positive return," Morningstar senior analyst, manager research Andrew Miles ...