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Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... the next three to five years, with demand highest among North American (54%) and European (54%) respondents. Meanwhile, Asian (57%) and North Americam (55%) instos are showing a strong appetite for private equity. CoreData founder and principal Andrew ...

Chief economist update: Australia succumbs to pandemic-induced recession

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... had to have" back in 1990/91. The Australian economy withstood the US savings and loan crisis of the early 1990's, the Asian currency crisis/Russian debt default/Long-Term Capital Management (LTCM) collapse in 1997/98, the September 11 terrorists ...

Raiz shuffles leadership team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2020
... emerging opportunities in Southeast Asia. "As part of the changes, George Lucas will spend more time overseeing the Southeast Asian operations to ensure the executive of the company's growth strategy in Indonesia and Malaysia, while also researching ...

Chief economist update: COVID-19 cycle

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2020
... prime minister to delay the New Zealand elections from September 19 to October 17. COVID-19 is also having a second bite in Asian countries. It's doing the rounds (again) of Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Vietnam and South Korea after restrictions were ...

K2 Asset Management reports loss

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... fundamental drivers for growth. All five of K2's funds had negative absolute returns for FY20, ranging from -5.3% for the K2 Asian Absolute Return Fund to -12.7% for the K2 Australian Absolute Return Fund. The firm has $106.5 million in total funds under ...

First Sentier bolsters board of directors

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... significant value to the board with her strong understanding of corporate governance best practice and unique insight into the Asian investment management sector, which is a core strategic market for us." She currently sits on several other boards in ...

ESG funds crowned winners of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... while the rest of the world (including Canada, Australia and New Zealand) reported US$260 million in inflows. In comparison, Asian and Japanese sustainable funds reported outflows of US$920 million for the quarter. Assets in sustainable funds hit a record ...

Mirae drops fees on Asian equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2020
Mirae Asset Global Investments has sliced the fees on two Asian equities funds by 20bps each. Mirae Asset Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund and Mirae Asset Asia Sector Leader Equity Fund will go from charging 75bps each in management fee from 95bps, while ...

Artisan teams up with Melbourne multi-boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... small caps), Vertium Asset Management (Australian equity income), Chester Asset Management (high conviction Australian and Asian equities), ECP Asset Management (high conviction growth Australian equities) and Artisan Partners (Global small and mid-cap ...

No rating cut for VGI funds as Tynan leaves

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... has retained their ratings despite the leadership change. VGI Partners Global Investments Limited (VG1) and VGI Partners Asian Investments Limited (VG8) will stay at recommended and approved respectively. "The short answer is that while we would obviously ...