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Credit Suisse names preferred investment options

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020

Platforms are the preferred sector exposure, asset managers are inexpensive and Link Group offers the best mid-term value, according to Credit Suisse's Diversified Financial Services Sector review for August 2020. The report reviewed the key operational ...

Instos dial up alternatives allocations

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020

... transparency (39%). Inwood said these concerns could put a brake on the adoption of alternatives. "The ability of asset managers to provide solutions to these challenges is therefore key to increased uptake. While the current crisis has increased the ...

Market rebound leaves behind active managers

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020

... fund managers continue to struggle with performance and profitability, Deloitte analysis shows. Median revenue for asset managers that invest in publicly traded shares and bonds fell 6.4% in the three months to June, according to asset management consultant ...

Advisers more bearish than clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020

... (38%) and capital growth (37%), planners most often intend to expand their product set and prioritise high quality asset managers," Peker said. It comes as advisers struggle to generate income for their retiree clients in the low interest rate environment ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY | WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020

Asset managers slightly increased their risk tolerance in the second quarter of the year in a bid to ride the equity rally, but risk aversion still remains high. That's according to new research from institutional specialist consultant bfinance, which ...

ESG funds crowned winners of COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY | MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020

... Although the rate of new offerings has been consistently steady over the last five quarters, Morningstar found asset managers are increasingly looking to repurpose and rebrand conventional products into sustainable funds (with 40 of these funds in Europe ...

Franklin Templeton announces revised APAC team

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020

... said the acquisition of Legg Mason will establish Franklin Templeton as one of the world's largest independent asset managers, with a newly combined AUM that will be over USD$164 billion in the APAC region. "I would like to congratulate Vivek Kudva on ...

Aussie investors unhappy with pandemic performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON | TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020

... for investors seeking to understand the diversification and resilience of portfolios, the discipline and skill of asset managers, and the weak-points in risk management capabilities or processes."

Citi adds to markets, custody leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR | MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020

... after spending time in Citi's New York office. She will focus on growing the bank's strategic relationships with asset managers and sovereign and hedge funds in Australia and New Zealand. McKerihanhas held sales and trading positions globally with Citi. ...

US pension funds form trading alliance

ALLY SELBY | FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020

... sharing within the buy-side community." The GPFA is expanding its membership to other global pension funds, large asset managers, insurance companies, and other asset owners who share an interest in peer-to-peer securities lending or repo. "There is ...

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Aware Super reshapes governance team, appoints chief risk officer

VINNY VUCAGO

Aware Super has announced a leadership reshuffle, appointing a new chief risk officer amid the departure of its long-serving group executive of legal.

IFM lifts stake in Atlas Arteria to 40% after upping offer price

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

IFM Investors has raised its stake in Atlas Arteria from 34.5% to 38.3% in an on-market stock purchase, just a day after it raised its offer price for the toll road operator to $5.10 per security.

Zenith bolsters research, investment capabilities with new hires

MATTHEW WAI

Zenith has announced two senior appointments to strengthen its research and portfolio management divisions.

Regulators push for stronger stress-testing capability, resilience

KARREN VERGARA

The ability to remain resilient and manage liquidity pressures amid severe, multi-dimensional stress scenarios is an area of focus that APRA and ASIC want superannuation funds to improve.

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