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Former industry execs launch analytics firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
... Investments. The aim of Jefferson & Shea is to improve transparency when it comes to the fees super funds pay to external fund managers. The new offering is based on that of ClearGlass in the UK which, launched in 2019, indicated investors were struggling ...

Could the anti-woke movement come to Australia?

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 MAY 2023
... planet". Then, in March, US President Joe Biden used his first veto to fight a Republican proposal to prevent pension fund managers from basing investment decisions on factors like climate change. This month, Florida governor Ron DeSantis signed into ...

Absolute-return bond funds fail ambitious returns: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAY 2023
An analysis of absolute-return bond fund managers found that they have "ambitious" returns as only one in seven strategies meet their objectives. The Morningstar research found that most absolute-return bond managers will not always provide positive ...

Adviser PI premiums up 40%: APRA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAY 2023
... increased by a similar amount across most occupation subgroups. The largest increase in premiums was for brokers and fund managers (also accompanied by a large increase in risk counts)," APRA said. "While average premiums also increased significantly ...

Mantis to distribute Isola Fullerton fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 APR 2023
... Mantis Funds partner and head of distribution Damien Hatfield said. "However, accessing the best private alternative fund managers globally has been challenging." Prohibitive minimum investment sizes, key vintage and strategy scarcity and even administrative ...

Rating the rating houses: How much do advisers rely on fund research?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 MAR 2023
... with those values," he said. "[Morningstar] is the only notable research house that doesn't accept fees from fund managers. It's core to our business model." As a result, this enables Morningstar to grade a negative rating to products and "not ...

ETF market to hit $200bn by 2025

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... funds or listed invested companies." Chugh added that competition in the ETF market will also increase, with more fund managers expected to enter the space this year. "Given rising competition, investors need to look under the hood of ETFs to get a real ...

Outflows, M&A batter active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... acquisitions, eye-watering redemptions and product closures over the last three years put to question if active fund managers are still fit for purpose. Rainmaker modelling shows that between 2020 and this month, more than 120 listed investment companies ...

Fund manager acquired by US fintech

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... in a select number of underlying funds. It is primarily invested in the Ddraig Equity Fund, but also holds Insync Fund Managers' Global Capital Aware Fund and Vanguard's All-World ex-US Shares Index ETF. Under the deal, GoLogiq will acquire 100% of Bateau ...

Spotlight shines brighter on climate reporting: Expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
... FS Sustainability managing editor Rachel Alembakis told the recent Technical Services Forum Sydney audience that fund managers, advisers and superannuation funds will be drawn further into the spotlight when it comes to their disclosure practices. "Regulators ...