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Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
... 11.7% but came second for risk/return ratio. The SGH Emerging Companies Fund was found to have the highest risk/return metrics based on Rainmaker research, it returned 17.1% pa.

Growing uncertainty sees more advisers outsourcing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... for clients' portfolios is 53%, down from 56% in 2018. "Our research shows outsourcers perform better in key business metrics compared to those who do not - they typically have significantly larger client books and advise on higher levels of new client ...

Suncorp pays $1.4m remediation bill

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... have been at risk of having received poor advice from 'high-risk' advisers, who were identified using a range of risk metrics applied to all advisers in the Guardian Advice network. Affected clients were also compensated under this remediation program ...

APRA slaps traffic light ratings on super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
... requires RSEs to assess member outcomes at a product level, the BPR requires an outcomes assessment across a range of metrics for different member cohorts. Furthermore, Rowell said licensees must consider whether they will continue to deliver quality ...

Short-seller knife twist for YouTube fundie

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2019
... into a 195% return. Muddy Waters said: "Napo is a stranger-than-fiction example of manipulating performance and profit metrics." "Not only do we view [Burford's ] management as having acted highly unethically in this instance, but we also see Invesco ...

Workplace deaths missing from ESG reports: ACSI

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... the council's 12th annual assessment of ESG reporting by ASX200 companies, which expanded its analysis to include safety metrics this year. It found that 22 people from 13 ASX200 companies died in their workplaces in 2018, 16 of which were contractors ...

Boutique manager hires investment banking expert

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... director of RBC Capital Markets has left to join an alternatives asset manager with $4.6 billion of funds under management. Metrics Credit Partners has hired Hamish Mitchell as investment director to lead its loan origination activities in Victoria after ...

APRA proposes new remuneration standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2019
... standards of accountability and reduce the likelihood of misconduct. "Limiting the influence of financial performance metrics in determining variable remuneration will encourage executives to put greater focus on non-financial risks, such as culture ...

Fund managers lag on ESG

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2019
... performance data with limited usage, made no reference to portfolio decarbonistion coalition, did not disclose employee pay metrics (similar to other two), and has a consistently high percentage of votes against remuneration report in past two years ...

Best-performing funds with least risk

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... measures. However, in the high performance category, the Allan Gray Australia Equity Fund slipped down the ranks when the risk metrics were considered, while Legg Mason Martin Currie Select Opps Fund broke into the top five products in the category. ...