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The ingredients of a successful fund manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... responsibilities tend to outperform their peers but opening multiple offices around the world will not give you a performance edge. Zenith compared the size of investment teams and five-year performance (as at September end) for the fundamentally-driven ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... qualities investors seek in an investment manager, determined by a quantitative methodology that equally weights six-year performance factors with five key risk measures; the Sharpe ratio, Sortino ratio, Omega ratio, standard deviation of monthly returns ...

DWS bolsters property portfolio

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... this off-market opportunity, and we look forward to working with Pro-invest Group to enhance the Hotel's operational performance." The new addition follows the acquisition in 2019 of the 50% freehold interest in a prime, refrigerated distribution centre ...

Job boom expected in 2020

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... management firms seeking staff. Algorithms and automation cannot substitute for someone who can identify and match proven performance, cultural fit, skills and personality traits with what wealth managers need," Super Recruiters executive director Sally ...

Aussie share funds boast stellar 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... research comes out of global consulting firm Mercer, who released its latest Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance Survey on Friday. Sydney-based fund manager Selector took out the top spot with its High Conviction Equity Fund, returning 39.2% ...

Mayfair fights for use of word

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2020
... team declined to accept any bonuses in 2018-19 after what the fund manager described as a disappointing investment performance and a 17% decline in annual profit." Mayfair 101's wholly owned subsidiaries include its investor-facing brands Mayfair Platinum ...

Cbus head of advice launches firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... there are two main problems for financial advice to solve. The first is for orgnisations to move away from conflicted performance measures (such as measuring an adviser's performance by sales, FUM or the number of statements of advice) towards better ...

Future of life insurance in doubt: APRA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... regulator said, is in severe doubt due to risks and challenges hampering profitability. "For a fifth straight year, the performance of individual disability income insurance worsened taking losses over that time to more than $3 billion," it said. The ...

Most traded stocks, ETFs of 2019 revealed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... characterised by high geopolitical uncertainty around the US-China trade war and Brexit, this did not drag on the long-term performance of global markets. Many who exercised patience between tweets and headlines throughout the year were very well rewarded." ...

JPMorgan Chase reports record profits

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... challenging prior year," Dimon said. "For the quarter, global investment banking fees were up slightly from a strong performance last year, and for the full year we grew our IB fee wallet share to its highest level in a decade, maintaining our #1 rank ...