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Active manager winning streak short lived

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
Persistence isn't key for many active fund managers, as a new report finds their ability to consistently beat benchmarks and stay in the top quartile is fleeting. The S&P Dow Jones Indices' biannual report found only a small number of outperforming ...

Acadian reduces fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... base fees, all performance fees have also been removed. "As a result of the changes, the Acadian Wholesale Australian Equity Fund is now offered at the lowest fee for an active Australian equities manager on the FirstChoice menu," Acadian said. Acadian ...

Climate change-focused fund introduced

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... that tilts towards companies transitioning to a low carbon economy. The Aviva Investors Climate Transition Global Equity Fund is benchmarked to outperform the MSCI All Countries World Index by 2% per annum on a rolling three-year basis, and is managed ...

Mike Baird to chair government fund

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
Former Premier of New South Wales and National Australia Bank chief customer officer Mike Baird had landed a new role as chair of the Australian Business Growth Fund. The $540 million fund provides patient equity funding to growing small and medium ...

Ironbark to wind up emerging markets fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... (-0.8% p.a.), Ironbark Copper Rock Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (-2.8% p.a.) and the Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Fund. Average fees charged were 1.1% per year. The median fund only did 3.5% p.a. while the benchmark return was 5.6% p.a.

Pengana shutters income-focused fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... been around since August 2017 and was launched as an income-oriented alternative to Pengana's flagship Australian Equity Fund after Pengana merged with Hunter Hall. However, this fund aimed to invest in companies with underlying cash earnings yields ...

Perpetual equities fund cops ratings downgrade

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
... Perpetual's Paul Skamvougeras was downgraded to bronze at Morningstar. The Perpetual Wholesale Concentrated Growth Equity Fund invests in 20 to 45 Australian stocks, chosen with a value and balance sheet focus - similar to Perpetual's flagship Australian ...

Australian Business Growth Fund launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2020
The government backed Australian Business Growth Fund has launched, to be led by former JB Were chair Anthony Healy. Healy has been appointed the inaugural chief executive of the fund and Will Hodgman, former premier of Tasmania, has been appointed ...

Multi-boutique adds investment firms

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2020
... independently owned asset manager which focuses on risked managed investing. Gyrostat manages the Absolute Return Income Equity Fund and also runs specialty risk managed investment mandates. On Terra Capital, Hatfield commented: "Founded in 2010 by Jeremy ...

Active managers grapple with EM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... Fund, to -2.8% p.a. for the Ironbark Copper Rock Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund and the Lazard Emerging Markets Equity Fund. Overall, the emerging markets sector's average return for the three years was 3.5% p.a. while the benchmark return was 5.6% ...