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Small-caps can improve investment trade-offs

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... goes on to say that alpha potential for global small-cap equity managers is such that it suggests higher quality active managers are likely to generate sufficient risk-adjusted excess returns to justify typical base fees. "In identifying suitable managers ...

Advisers leading ETF investment charge

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
... anything from emerging markets shares to Australian bonds, depending on their particular view," Mr Sherman said. "Active managers often use ETFs as a way of taking a broad market position, while they focus on their areas of specialty, which could be ...

SPIVA report paints sad picture for active management

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
The latest S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) report shows that the majority of Australian active managers underperformed their respective benchmarks over five-year periods. The one exception to this rule was Australian equity small- ...

Parametric exploring super smart beta

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2016
... active manager tax drag," Briant said. Bouchey said for a fully active portfolio that has between five to ten active managers, Parametric could increase the tax efficiency by 0.5% to 1% per annum. "Every time you trade or selling a security there's potential ...

Active managers need new measurement

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2016
The way active fund managers' returns are measured may not accurately reflect their value, negating up to 85 basis points in overall performance. New research from the Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) finds the way performance ...

Vanguard notches fourth successive year of record inflows

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2016
... the Financial Times. Part of Vanguard's rise could be explained by comments made by the industry's most famous active managers, Warren Buffett. The Berkshire Hathaway chairman and chief executive was called Vanguard's best salesman by the company's founder ...

Aussie large-cap active managers endure massive outflows

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2016
... assets per year over the last five years. In its latest Australian Equities Large-Cap Sector Wrap, Morningstar said active managers littered the field for enduring the biggest outflows and one segment to buck the trend was exchange-traded funds (ETFs). ...

Most global equities managers outperformed in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2015
... equity sector Quan Nguyen said. "Greater performance dispersion has meant there have been greater opportunities for active managers to add value through stock selection and portfolio construction, and active managers have taken advantage of the situation." ...

FEATURE: The great race to invest

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... their portfolio over that same period of time. When he recommends clients to get into new investments, he chooses active managers that manage multi-asset or tactical asset allocation strategies. "Also a fair amount of international shares, and even some ...

BT adds active managers to Panorama

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
BT has added managed funds by Evans and Partners, UBS Asset Management, Antares and Hyperion to its Panorama platform. Managed funds were launched on Panorama in September, joining cash, term deposits and managed portfolios. The addition of the four ...