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Impact investors need instos, governments to scale: Experts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... and structural megatrends like decarbonisation, demographics and technology. These conversations delve into passive investing, Halpern said, and even scepticism around thematic investing and impact investing. Macquarie Group global strategist Viktor ...

Active managers outperform in limited asset classes, fall short in survivorship

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... management has a stronghold. This section is dominated by US market exposure. The Magnificent Seven stocks buoy passive investing in this category during the periods. Passive funds returned as much as 11.3% over five years as opposed to active managers' ...

Macquarie Asset Management launches low-cost active ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... core portfolio allocations, as they aim to deliver consistent excess returns. "There's still a role for passive investing at the core, but systematic active ETFs provide investors with the potential for better returns. This is because we don't ...

Active funds outperform passive strategies - sometimes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2023
... and market conditions. As such, a long-term perspective is essential when weighing the merits of active versus passive investing.

Asset managers ride the storm: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... affect the ability to grow," the report warned. "Traditional active managers have not only had to respond to passive investing, but they also need to focus on other forms of competition, such as hedge funds and private equity strategies." Interestingly ...

The boomer boom is over: AUSIEX

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... access to investment structures and asset classes such as private equity and private credit, and innovations in passive investing vehicles such as direct indexing through the introduction of crypto assets in portfolios. New technology will also be disruptive ...

Fund selectors insulating portfolios, embrace active management: Natixis IM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... that large inflows and outflows from passive investment could increase market volatility. Others believed that passive investing distorts the risk-return trade-off. Overall, 72% of fund selectors called for active management to outperform passive in ...

A solution to active fund underperformance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... capitalisation approach of selecting shares, bond and other assets. "Smart beta combines the best of active and passive investing: having the potential for better investment outcomes while being rules-based, transparent and cost efficient," Neiron said. ...

YFYS changed how funds invest: JPMAM

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 APR 2022
... on higher returns by favouring more conservative, benchmark-hugging strategies in response to YFYS. "Although passive investing is known as an economical way to have market exposure while maintaining reasonable risk diversification, it also limits an ...

Robeco launches new sustainable index fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 DEC 2021
... development," head of Robeco Australia, New Zealand and Oceania Stephen Dennis said. "The fund addresses the pitfalls of passive investing, actively integrates ESG criteria, and is a sustainable solution for investors looking for stable outperformance ...