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Fund manager insists active approach not broken

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 10 APR 2015
... than eight in 10 Australian active funds underperformed their benchmark in all the major sectors, barring domestic small caps. However, Epoch argues that in recent times markets have simply not behaved how they should, which has understandably caught ...

Managers to battle for super pool offshore

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... investors want exposure to specialist capabilities, whether they are in emerging markets, regional specialists or global small caps, they're probably going to lean towards offshore managers rather than domestic managers," Casarotti said. "I think in ...

Vanguard is Morningstar Fund Manager of the Year

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... PIMCO/Equity Trustees (Fixed Interest), Investors Mutual (Domestic Equities), SGH ICE/Equity Trustees (Domestic Equities - Small Caps), Arrowstreet Capital (International Equities), Cromwell Phoenix Property Securities (Listed Property) and UBS Tactical ...

Law firm deems SIV changes unworkable

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2015
... Wilcox. The proposed changes, raised in an Austrade discussion paper include investing minimum 50% in venture capital and small caps funds, along with a ban on direct investment in residential property (potentially extending to residential property development). ...

AustralianSuper to double size of in-house investment team

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
... internal managers will be managing around $6.7 billion. The fund is hiring experts across most asset classes, including small caps, debt markets, property and infrastructure. The new international equities team is the most notable addition to the fund's ...

Bespoke approach key to keeping mandates: Acadian

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2014
... won't want to do it, whether for costs or philosophical reasons. They might not be bothered having an emerging markets small caps strategy, for example." Walsh said Acadian's quantitative approach to investment - what he calls the 'systematic application ...

Challenger adds Australian equity boutique

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... to this, Meagher spent several years in London at Henderson Global Investors with responsibility for managing a US Small Caps fund, a research analyst for the US consumer sector and a member of the US hedge fund team. AretA(C) will initially specialise ...

Capacity issues drive super funds in-house

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... valuable. Alongside capacity issues, he said super funds were expressing more interest in the valuation potential of small caps. "One of the areas where there is a lot of increased activity in terms of internalisation is Australian equities. And because ...

Investors beware IPOs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2014
... any potential stock, with a focus on the fundamentals and a long-term horizon. As a fund manager focus on Australian small caps, Hyperion conducts a range of analysis on the investment potential of companies looking to list for the first time. "It is ...

In with the old, out with the new

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... upon rationales why Wall Streeters are happy... or should be happy. I even counted the ways on this space yesterday: "Small caps - Russell 2000 up by 1.4% overnight - are back in favour. So are tech stocks - up 1.2%. US releases of the day were positive ...