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8IP signs on Sanlam Private Wealth

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... the investment team or strategy. 8IP was founded by Kerry Series who was previously AMP Capital's head of Asia Pacific equities. He has also served as an investment director at HSBC Asset Management. Veteran investor Geoff Wilson and former chief executive ...

Poor equities performance sees MySuper suffer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... Rainmaker shows. The low returns are largely attributed to poor performance in equity markets; Australian and international equities lost 2.3% and 0.7% in November respectively. However, this was offset by the positive performance of property, fixed ...

New owner at Strategic Insight

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... and provides industry data and intelligence on superannuation funds, Aussie insurers In Australia, managed funds and equities. It's latest research charted the inflows for TAL, CommInsure and peers. It's sale to ISS will feed into the ISS's ...

International equities rule Aussie ETFs: Vanguard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
International equities dominated exchange-traded fund cash flows in 2018, according to Vanguard. Citing latest ASX figures, Vanguard said cash flows into international equities ETFs dominated in 2018, with more than $3.1 billion flowing into international ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Dimensional Fund Advisors Macquarie Investment Management Australia Limited Vanguard Investments Australia Limited AUSTRALIAN EQUITIES - ACTIVE CORE Alphinity Concentrated Australian Share Fund Fidelity Australian Opportunities Fund Greencape Broadcap ...

CFS tops up Morgan Stanley mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... emerging market debt which offer higher yield and return but are generally less liquid and have higher correlations with equities," CFS said. Morgan Stanley's Total Return Strategy Is benchmark unconstrained, allowing the manager to rotate between ...

Pension fund giant mandates Fidelity

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
The $2 trillion Japanese pension fund has appointed Fidelity's asset management arm to manage passive domestic equities. The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) appointed FIL Investments Japan and Resona Bank on December 26. Both will manage ...

Why the RBA has reason to cut rates in 2019

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
... domestic economy in terms of reduced consumer spending that, in turn, drags down overall economic growth. Australian equities may be slowly recouping back some its losses but property prices are expected to continue to drop (by around 15%-20% from their ...

Morningstar names best performing funds in 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... strategies, returning 8.1%, 8% and 6.3% respectively for the year ending November 30. This is a long way from the median Aussie equities manager who made -0.8% during the trailing one year. In global shares, funds from Hyperion, Magellan and Nikko Asset ...

Private markets attractive for global institutions: BlackRock

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
... investable assets - shows more than half of the 230 institutional clients surveyed intend to reduce their allocation to public equities in the coming year. In terms of client numbers, it's an increase of 16 percentage points year-on-year. BlackRock global ...