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£450bn in inflation-linked UK DB liabilities unmatched

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2021
New analysis from Alpha Real Capital, a specialist income manager, suggests that £450 billion of inflation‐linked liabilities belonging to UK defined benefit pension schemes are unmatched. Alpha's analysis showed that higher inflation risks have ...

Pendal brings Global Select Fund to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 NOV 2021
... Pendal's UK asset manager JO Hambro Capital Management in 2008. Since 2008, the strategy has delivered 3.13% annualised alpha before fees compared to the MSCI All Country World NR Index benchmark. The focus of the fund is to "find the next winners" ...

U Ethical hires fixed income PM

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 OCT 2021
... managers. U Ethical deputy chief investment officer Jon Fernie said Lin's appointment will be critical in delivering alpha on a risk-adjusted basis. "Amanda's actuarial background and experience as a fund manager means she can take her mathematical ...

ESG investing 2.0 emerges

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2021
... and exams online. "There are companies that are reducing the carbon impact production processes in the case of Calix and Alpha HPA. Those companies assist people with motor neuron disease and help them communicate," he said. Perennial ESG and equities ...

MFS Investment Management launches new trust

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 SEP 2021
... mid-market-cap equity trust to Australian and New Zealand investors. The MFS Global New Discovery Trust aims to generate alpha by selectively investing in high-quality companies within a $1 billion to $15 billion US market-cap range. MFS Investment Management ...

Totus hires from Winton

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... Totus's business development and marketing activities, including managing and developing client relationships for the Totus Alpha Strategy. She will work across the intermediary, wealth management, HNW and family office space channels. Pearce reports ...

Aussie fund management diversity improves: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... funds management industry has marginally improved its gender diversity record but still has a long way to go, Citywire's Alpha Female 2021 Report reveals. The annual study of global fund managers and how well the industry is progressing with gender diversity ...

State Street acquires custodian for $4.7bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
State Street Corporation will acquire the custody business of a competitor for $4.74 billion (US$3.5bn). New York-headquartered Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH) has entered into a definitive agreement with State Street to sell BBH Investor Services ...

How YFYS test will change currency investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 SEP 2021
... role of ESG factors in super fund currency programs. He argued that taking ESG into account in currency can actually add alpha to portfolios. With ESG integration becoming the standard, it is possible to look at ESG scores at a country level. In turn ...

IMAP names award winners

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2021
... Concentrated Global Equity Ex-Australia Model Portfolio. The SMA has a bottom-up, investment philosophy that seeks to deliver alpha over a full market cycle. "Putting clients first is our core value of Franklin Templeton and our award-winning managed ...