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Tech selloff builds cash pile at Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... which it maximised in post-Brexit and post-US election markets. But as Cvetanovski said: "Cash is a drag is on (fund) performance when the markets go up." US markets are expensive, Aussie banks are highly leveraged, and volatility may rear its head again ...

Executive pay structure still fuels risk-taking: APRA

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... short-term incentives (bonuses or commissions) as cash instead of as shares; did not offer long-term incentives (equity as performance rights, options and shares) as remuneration, and overall had a slightly lower ratio of performance-based pay to fixed ...

Blue Sky hits back at hedge fund, requests ASIC intervention

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... management fees, which can reach up to 17% of the capital invested in Blue Sky funds and are charged irrespective of the performance of the underlying investment." In response, Blue Sky chair John Kain said Glaucus' opinion piece includes factual errors ...

Active managers must explain value better: Formica

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... harder to measure value for active managers. "So many people haven't offered value and it makes it harder. Investment performance is one reason to join [an asset manager] but so is the knowledge and skills base," Formica said. "You need the investment ...

Diversity leads growth manager in new direction

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... factors into its Australian equities database and came up with three broad groups it believes "link to future equity performance." With this new ESG quant model in operation, head of quantitative investments Peter Brooke designed six forward-looking ...

Prime Value appoints new portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... capitalisation of less than $500 million. It has returned 14.6% since inception in October 2015, net of fees (except performance fees). Ivers spent two years at Contango, prior to which he worked in consulting roles. He was also a portfolio manager at ...

Chief economist update: Caught in the crossfire

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2018
... indicating that discouraged workers are returning to the workforce optimistic of finding employment. The lead from the AiG performance indices indicate that although the pace of expansion in the manufacturing sector - down to 57.5 in February from 58.7 ...

US hedge fund slams Blue Sky

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... management fees, which can reach up to 17% of the capital invested in Blue Sky funds and are charged irrespective of the performance of the underlying investment." "Because investors will soon wise up, we view Blue Sky's fee revenues as inherently unsustainable. ...

ASIC co-deputy chair named

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAR 2018
... and consider competition in its decision-making processes. The new law will see ASIC "consider the effects that the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers will have on competition in the financial system," the explanatory memorandum ...

Pengana recruits former AFL player

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
... relationships," he said. The two appointments follow Washington H. Soul Pattinson's 1H18 results, which showed that Pengana's performance drove the group's investment management portfolio up 43.3%. Pengana delivered a $1.9 million contribution to WHSP's ...