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Hedge funds in the green

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... August, lifting the average strategy to sit comfortably in the green year to date. That's according to institutional research house eVestment, which found that thanks to August's results the average hedge fund had returned 2.21% since the beginning of ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... students are able to develop a deep understanding of each investment, grounded in comprehensive quantitative and qualitative research, to create a high-conviction portfolio. Each year the fund donates 4% of funds under management to Australian charities ...

Perks appoints new director

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... improve and develop the committee's structure and process, including the establishment of a dedicated in-house investment research team," the firm said. "Having investment research in-house positions Perks as leaders in this field, as they are one of ...

High performance funds significantly underperform: Research

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
New research from Rainmaker Information has found that high performance Australian equity funds significantly underperformed their benchmark over the three years to June 2020. The median high performance fund underperformed its benchmark by 300 basis ...

Increased SG equals increased fees: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
New research from the University of Sydney suggests that raising the superannuation guarantee to 12% will send fees through the roof. The study conducted by Cameron Murray, economist and research fellow at the University of Sydney, found that increasing ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... managers are blitzing league tables and outperforming most investment strategies during the global pandemic, Rainmaker research shows. Rainmaker's July Wholesale managed funds performance report reveals the best and worst fund managers, pointing ...

Women receive worse advice: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
Financial advisers tend to give female clients poorer advice and recommend riskier assets compared to male clients, a new study shows. Women are significantly more likely to receive undiversified financial advice than men, researchers from the Hong ...

MySuper products show resilience

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... a positive performance of about 1.7% for superannuation fund members invested in the default option, according to the research firm's MySuper single strategy index. The index comprises 20 not-for-profit MySuper products, representing 70% of this ...

Millennials jump on COVID-19 volatility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
Millennial investors have been undeterred by market volatility due to COVID-19, according to new research conducted by Calastone. The results of a survey of people in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, UK, US and Germany, found a correlation between ...

New research head at Centrepoint Alliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
The ASX-listed dealer group has hired a portfolio manager from IOOF as its new head of research, after the incumbent left in May. Daniel Stojanovski will start as Centrepoint Alliance's head of research on October 13. He joins after nearly five years ...