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Public service veteran retires from AMP

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
... attributable to shareholders, which Brenner described as unsatisfactory and said "a significant factor... was the underperformance of our insurance business, driven by extremely challenging operating conditions in the insurance sector."

Active returns at their worst since 2009

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2017
... 32.5% underperformed over a 10-year period. International equity funds have continued their general trend of underperformance, with 86% failing to beat the S&P Developed Ex-Australia LargeMidCap Index over one year, 93% over five years and 89% over 10. ...

Distrust is super's biggest challenge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2017
... conflict and poor decision making in all parts of the industry, so our focus is on identifying those areas of underperformance, where are the conflicts that aren't being managed and addressed. They are happening across the APRA-regulated space and our ...

Small caps and corporate activity drive LIC performance

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
... LICs was 11.9%, compared to the Small Ordinaries Accumulation Index return on 14.9%. October saw the continued underperformance of Australian large cap share focused LICs against the broader market, with an average portfolio return (pre-tax NTA plus ...

Return to value-based investing on horizon

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... businesses and maintaining courage in your convictions. "Value investing has gone through a recent period of underperformance against some macro headwinds, so holding your convictions during short-term cyclical events is very important," Murray said. ...

EM equities beating global indices: VanEck

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2016
Emerging market equities have outperformed global indices over 2016's third quarter after several years of underperformance, according to VanEck research. VanEck emerging markets equity portfolio manager David Semple explained that while EM has "generally ...

Masterfunds grow despite underperformance of platforms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The overall masterfund market grew by $21.4 billion over the last financial year, according to data from Strategic Insight. The research house, formerly known as Plan for Life, has released its annual analysis of wrap, platform and master trust managed ...

Future Generation marks first year with strong performance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
... of FGG's global equity fund managers being impacted by the renewed strength of the Australian dollar and the underperformance of Asian markets throughout the year. "While FGG's fund managers faced a challenging global investment environment, they were ...

Wilson submits request to shut down Aurora fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 AUG 2016
... its decision that Moffat was "not suitable as a director of Keybridge," for reasons including alleged ongoing underperformance during his tenure, issues with his independence as a result of other board positions, lapses in governance, and the sale of ...

Keybridge chair ousted in Bentley coup

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2016
... its decision that Moffat was "not suitable as a director of Keybridge," for reasons including alleged ongoing underperformance during his tenure, issues with his independence as a result of other board positions, lapses in governance, and the sale of ...