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Fidelity adds US equities exposure

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
Fidelity is eschewing technology-heavy growth areas of the market for value stocks as it increases exposure to US equities in its multi-asset strategies. Fidelity's multi-asset chief investment officer James Bateman said US value stocks are looking ...

Family office backs new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
Three founding members of Macquarie's Asian listed equities division are set to launch a boutique with the backing of a prominent family office. Sam Le Cornu, who was Macquarie's Asian listed equities business' co-head, executive director and head of ...

AUM growth subdued to 2025: Bloomberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... said they expect to move from interest-rate sensitive asset classes or types, such as sovereign and corporate bonds to equities and infrastructure. Bloomberg said the asset management landscape by 2025 will likely feature more active management using ...

Zurich awards $100m passive mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
A global asset manager has won a mandate to invest $100 million in ASX-listed equities for Zurich Group's Australian investment management arm. DWS will invest in a passively-managed portfolio of Australian stocks for Zurich Investment Management. Zurich's ...

Chief economist update: Is the US about to join the global slowdown club?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
... recent months. Retail sales stats are volatile and are prone to revisions. The Fed's pause and the recovery in US equities (so far this year) should help entice American consumers back into the shops. That, or the US has just joined the global slowdown ...

K2 posts losses, signs on distributor

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... strategic and organisational improvements made in FY17 and FY18." The K2 Australian Small Cap Fund lost 10.7%, the Global Equities Fund lost 8.6% and the High Alpha Fund lost 7.7%. Its Australian Absolute Return Fund lost 11.3%, the Select International ...

InvestSense hires head of adviser solutions

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... the same time offering increased business efficiencies for advisers." InvestSense awarded a $15-20 million Australian equities SMA mandate in May last year to Agentia.

Janus Henderson hires from CFSGAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
... be forward-looking and invest in our business." The fund manager recently announced it will shut down its Australian equities funds and return about $490 million of capital to investors.

Macquarie wins Investment Manager of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... and Vanguard Investments. Macquarie was also a finalist in nine of the 19 categories and named winner of the Australian Equities - Small Cap Product of the Year and the International Equities - Active Core Product of the Year. There are more than 600 ...

Challenger adds new boutique

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... half of FY19. The group's statutory net profit after tax (or bottom line profit) tumbled 97% to $6 million as slumping equities and fixed income temporarily wiped off $194 million from the valuations of the assets and liabilities in the Challenger Life ...