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Martin Currie hires small cap analyst

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 6 NOV 2015
... Investment Banking for two and a half years. Commenting on the appointment, Birtles, said: "As fundamentally driven active managers, we are constantly looking to attract the highest calibre of research talent to the firm. With a strong track record of ...

Mandate tide turns towards global equities

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2015
... be costly. "Super funds are getting a large exposure of their portfolios to passive strategies and they come to active managers and boutiques looking for alpha," he said. REST chief executive Damian Hill explained: "We don't turn over managers that much ...

SPIVA report shows most active managers beaten by index again

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2015
... latest S&P Dow Jones Indices Versus Active Funds (SPIVA) scorecard has once again revealed the vast majority of active managers underperform their benchmark. The latest rebalance of the semi-annual report for data to end of June 2015, shows that although ...

NZ Super weighs equity market capacity

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2015
... equity markets, the NZ share market is small and quite illiquid. It said capacity is particularly important for active managers in the NZ market, despite recent strong returns increasing the market's size. "Regardless of size, an active manager must ...

Asia: Between fortune and fate

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 AUG 2015
... reassure them: "We are expecting high rates of growth from the region and we think that there are opportunities for active managers to find inefficiencies in the markets and take advantage of under researched stocks."

Forget LICs, the key to retail is in active ETFs

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2015
Active managers targeting mum and dad investors have rushed to launch their funds as listed investment companies (LICs) on the ASX, but a growing number of professional investors think the key to retail is elsewhere. Lazard Asset Management managing ...

Passive strategies benefit active managers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
Investors' shift towards passive and smart beta strategies is a great trend for active managers, according to Standard Life Investments (SLI) head of global equities Mikhail Zverev. "It is very strange to see an active manager saying that we quite like ...

Not all active managers are traders

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
The distinction between active and passive investment management and indexing isn't as clear cut as many investors might think it is. Operating an active investment strategy is often associated with portfolio managers making regular trades to tactically ...

Strong passive flows force managers to lower fees

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
... investment consultant partner Jeffrey Levi said. The research showed that retail is driving organic growth for active managers, with institutional investors "stagnant, with redemptions outpacing gross sales in 2014." The survey listed four investment ...

FEATURE: Beyond Beta

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... wars between active and passive investment are not over. In a world where lower for longer is the new normal, active managers argue they are the only ones who can bring some joy to investors' hearts...and portfolios. As the battle continues, a third ...