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Alpha females

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... sacrificing returns. This is where investing with gender in mind can pay on both fronts, with research showing it delivers alpha while also having a positive social impact. "If you're not making a workplace culture that supports different people to rise ...

Magellan shuns turnaround companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
Magellan Financial Group chair Hamish Douglass continues to take a contrarian stance by shunning "turnaround companies", claiming they make it difficult for fund managers to be profitable. A company in the process of turning around its operations are ...

Plato launches net zero fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... to get to net zero, so I think this new fund is a game-changer for those who want a simple solution to help them generate alpha while maintaining a net zero carbon footprint," Allen said. The strategy is underpinned by the firm's proprietary quantitative ...

Investors should embrace alternatives: J.P. Morgan

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... alternatives, alternatives sectors and styles that exhibit equity-like and fixed-income-like characteristics for both income and alpha opportunities. Key sector themes for hedge funds, real assets, private equity, and real estate are also revealed in ...

Water, water everywhere but nothing to drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 18 JAN 2022
... doubt, since the first bat flapped its covid wings in Wuhan (China), it has gone through several mutations - most notably, Alpha, Delta and now Omicron - each bringing fresh challenges and fiscal and monetary and social responses. The year 2020 brought ...

Not all tech created equal: Principal

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2022
With a surge of US tech stocks on the rise, Principal Global Investors (PGI) chief strategist Seema Shah stresses the need to be discerning when evaluating them. A jump in bond yields has seen technology stocks become collateral damage and underperforming ...

Fidelity launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
Fidelity International has launched one of its managed funds as an actively managed exchange-traded fund on the ASX. The Fidelity Global Demographics Fund listed on the ASX as FDEM. It invests in up to 70 global stocks and aims to beat the MSCI All ...

New boutique at Pendal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... a team of four. As such, Gor is now head of alternative duration, a newly formed boutique looking after the Pendal High Alpha Fixed Income Fund. In a statement to Financial Standard, Pendal Australia chief executive Richard Brandweiner said: "Vimal Gor ...

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... The fund will compare outcomes of investments on these issues to the benchmark, while maintaining the ability to provide alpha in developed markets. The strategy uses a values-based exclusion list and includes voting and engagement, which will be carried ...

Schroders launches Schroder Australian Equity Long Short Fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 DEC 2021
... fundamental Australian equity strategy that we expect will perform in both growth and value style markets, with additional alpha from selective short positioning," he said. "The fund seeks to assess the underlying business fundamentals of stocks, forming ...