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Venerable US manager eyes Australian expansion

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... well received by current clients and prospects and we see significant interest in our Global Small Cap and Emerging Market Equity strategies. We also plan to introduce to the region our Emerging Market Debt and Global Fixed Income capabilities in the ...

Morningstar creates carbon risk investment tool

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
... meet the realities of a carbon-constrained future." Morningstar analysis finds that, among diversified developed-market equity strategies, Europe ex-UK funds generally have the lowest carbon risk score, Asia ex-Japan the highest, and the US lands in ...

Concerns about EM unwarranted: William Blair

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUN 2016
... with the MSCI World Index," McClone said. He said it is true the correlation between commodity prices and emerging market equity prices significantly increased from 2005 to 2013, however this actually benefited commodity-producing countries in emerging ...

Plato appoints senior manager for Global Shares Fund

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2016
... First State subsidiary focused on smart beta. As lead manager, he was responsible for all developed and emerging market equity products. Before that Pennell has also worked for State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) in Sydney and London. In Sydney, he worked ...

Aberdeen beefs up local distribution team

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
... PwC. In his new role Hall will work closely with Aberdeen's multi asset team and with global, Asian and emerging market equity fund managers to promote these capabilities to Australian investors. Aberdeen head of distribution Stuart James said, "A key ...

BNP launches EM equity fund in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has launched a Global Emerging Market Equity fund for institutional and retail investors in Australia. The fund uses a bottom-up approach to build concentrated, high conviction portfolios. It focuses on investing in small ...

Former BlackRock exec joins Robeco

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2014
... lately. We see that a low-volatility strategy in emerging markets will allow investors to benefit from emerging market equity returns at substantially lower risk. To add to our unit trust offerings, our award-winning Robeco Boston Partners global equity ...

Emerging market turmoil is a buying opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2014
Investors should seize the recent falls in emerging market equity markets as an opportunity to buy quality companies at a more attractive price, according to global large cap specialist Insync Fund Managers. The fund house is not altering its portfolio ...

Capital adds portfolio manager to ETOP strategy

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2014
... New York. ETOP aims to provide equity-like returns with lower volatility by investing in a broad range of emerging market equity and debt. The strategy had US$4.9 billion of assets under management as at 30 September 2013. Capital launched a unit trust ...

CIO exit forces Bedlam closure

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2013
... March that Bedlam was seizing on the opportunity posed by the soft-closure of a number of top-performing emerging market equity funds to attract Australian superannuation clients. The story serves to remind investors of the risk of a key person departing ...