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Super fund tops up Tribeca mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2020
Jun Bei Liu's long/short Australian equities fund has won a $300 million top up from a superannuation fund, as it inches back towards its old size. UniSuper recently added about $300 million to its allocation to Tribeca Alpha Plus Fund and now has ...

Ardea IM announces research partnership

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
The $15 billion fixed income specialist has announced a new research partnership, set to strengthen its academic research capabilities to the benefit of clients. Ardea Investment Management has partnered with the University of Technology Sydney to create ...

Winton fund looks to change fee structure

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
A $1.2 billion fund distributed locally by Macquarie Investment Management is seeking unitholder approval to change its fee structure. The Winton Global Alpha Fund takes long and short positions in exchange-traded futures and forward contracts of stock ...

Market rebound leaves behind active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
Even with the share market soaring back to pre-COVID-19 highs, active 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 ...

HESTA partners for global equities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
HESTA has entered into an international equities partnership with a specialist global manager, expanding on an existing mandate. Martin Currie Investment Management will become the underlying investment manager for a new global equities portfolio for ...

REITs better value than bonds, equities: LaSalle

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
Global real estate securities are priced competitively compared to asset classes such as equities and bonds, according to a real estate investment specialist with $106.3 billion in global assets under management. Despite the serious headwinds faced ...

New 'cash plus' style sovereign bond fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
Jamieson Coote Bonds has launched an absolute return fixed income fund aiming to deliver 2.5% above cash rate while investing only in sovereign debt. The CC JCB Dynamic Alpha fund will hold high-grade sovereign bonds from G7 nations and Australia, with ...

Vanguard funds downgraded by Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
Four Vanguard funds totaling $17 billion in funds under management had their ratings slashed at Morningstar this week, as they had their first review under the ratings house's new methodology. The Vanguard Growth Index Fund ($5.6 billion), the Vanguard ...

State Street warns of dot-com parallels

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2020
State Street Global Advisors has warned the current rally in equities markets parallels that of the dot-com boom, as price to earnings multiples continue to expand. Since the March 23 low, the ASX All Technology Index, which features the likes of buy-now-pay-later ...

Stimulus, ERS pushes spending up 17%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
New research has demonstrated the impact of the government's stimulus package and early release of superannuation program, with a sharp uptick in consumer spending. The data from illion and AlphaBeta, part of Accenture, found consumer spending in Australia ...