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Boutique launches new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... investing in direct property or mortgages and other managed funds of about 20 to 50 securities. It does not invest in equities. The fund charges management fees of 0.85% per annum and pays monthly income distributions. Based on the minimum investment ...

Perpetual in acquisition mode

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
... Investments currently has $27 billion across about 20 strategies. These are managed by four investment teams across Australia equities, global equities, fixed income and credit, and multi-asset. Adams said the business is likely to look at firms investing ...

Aussie equities manager expands team

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2019
A Melbourne boutique expanded its senior ranks with the appointment of a new head of distribution and investor relations. Collins Street Asset Management has appointed Rob Hay to the role, responsible for engaging with the fund's existing investors ...

Managed funds versus the ASX 200

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
Aussie equities managers had a hard time beating the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation index in the year to June and the underperformance gap has widened significantly over the past four years, according to new Rainmaker research. Just one in 10 wholesale managed ...

Perpetual profits dip, investments down 29%

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
... year, as super funds continued to take their investments in-house and change their asset allocation mix. Its stable of equities, multi-asset and credit and fixed income funds managed a total of $27.1 billion at June end, which is $3.7 billion lower than ...

Sean Fenton back with Sage Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
The well-known fund manager is back with two Aussie equities strategies totaling $3 billion in capacity at his new boutique, after resigning from the Tribeca Alpha Plus fund earlier in the year. Sage Capital, led by former Tribeca portfolio manager ...

UniSuper scolds Aussie equity fundies

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2019
The $80 billion superannuation fund had some strong words for its external Aussie equities managers, saying their general underperformance was a "real disappointment" for the year. UniSuper's balanced investment option returned 9.9% for the year, as ...

MLC shuts down $28m fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2019
MLC has shut down an international equities fund as it faced the prospect of increasing management fees on the relatively small funds under management. The MLC Wholesale Hedged Global Share fund was terminated effective August with about $28 million ...

Boutique distribution lead departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... Rebecca Pun is now a portfolio manager at Viridian Advisory. In the new role, Pun is responsible for large-cap Australian equities. Pun held the lead distribution role at Fortius for just over a year, having joined from Uniting Financial Services where ...

SSGA global equity beta head retires, promotes two

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2019
... team. He joined the firm in August 2000 and was a member of the global portfolio strategy team until 2018, covering both equities and currency, and serving as the head of portfolio strategists for the Asia Pacific region. Alex King takes on the role ...