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Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... microcap managers Tony Waters and Chris Prunty have come out on top of Mercer's Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance ranking, after their QVG Capital Long Short fund returned 29.3% for the year. Hyperion Australian Growth and Collins St Value ...

Optimism, resilience high on the recruitment checklist

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... processes are ripe for disruption. "Traditional resumes and job interviews alone are poor predictors of actual job performance as interviewees give rehearsed answers and interviewers pick candidates they like rather than those whom have a proven track ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Growth continued to outperform value according to a new study by Frontier Advisers looking at the performance of fund managers in the final quarter of 20109/20. In a note released to its clients, Frontier reported that growth-focused managers outstripped ...

Evans & Partners adds distribution lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... taking the international equities strategy to the next level. "The investment team has done a sterling job in terms of performance and client service in volatile markets and I'll be capitalising on their hard work over the next few years," he said.

CFS drops fees on external fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... reduced from 1.60% per year in base fee to 1.20%. Its wholesale class will go from 1.70% per year in base fees to 1.40%. Performance fees for both versions stay at 20%. The changes came into effect June 8. The strategy uses trend-following systems with ...

Banks brace for major loan losses

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2020
... business drivers were negatively impacted, our franchise should perform better, and we will make changes to improve our performance regardless of the operating environment." In comparison, JP Morgan chief executive Jamie Dimon said the bank's "fortress" ...

Super fund satisfaction mixed, SMSFs unhappy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2020
... end of May it had increased by nearly 30% to close the month at 5,851," Levine said. "The impressive share-market performance in turn relies on Australia keeping control of the pandemic..." Investment Trends said half of super fund members believe it ...

Bennelong swoops on LIC trading at discount

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... fund that it manages, saying it will eliminate the discount and improve liquidity. The ASX-listed Absolute Equity Performance (AEG) Fund is currently managed by Bennelong Long Short Equity Management, which includes Sam Shepherd as a portfolio manager ...

JBWere to continue using Praemium

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... "Praemium's Virtual Managed Accounts (VMA) continues to be the benchmark in complex corporate actions management, performance and asset analytics, and tax reporting. "Our market-leading capability spans a broad investment asset range including all ASX-listed ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... engagements aren't for ethical reasons per se, but rather as a function to promote better long term financial performance of the companies as investments (ESG risk factors)," Steffanoni said. He said, in situations like this one, super funds might ...