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Active managers grapple with EM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... actively-managed emerging-market funds delivered on their promise in the last three years. The latest Rainmaker Wholesale managed funds performance report looked at 22 products with $6.5 billion of assets over three years to August and found only a quarter ...

Ratings house launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
... among financial planners and their clients." Ashton added that these are often more complex than many 'standard' managed funds and require significant resources and skill sets to assess them properly. "We believe this is one of the key reason other ratings ...

Advisers shift to ETFs from active managers: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... advisers are increasingly using exchange traded funds (ETFs) over concerns about the cost and performance of actively managed funds, according to VanEck. VanEck's fifth annual smart beta survey revealed 87% of advisers use ETFs in client portfolios ...

ASIC cleans up 'cash plus' funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... on asset allocation, liquidity, maturity profile and resilience. This was followed by targeted surveillance of 37 managed funds (from 20 responsible entities) with $21 billion in assets, focusing on two questions: were they 'true to label' and did the ...

Masterfund assets decline

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... than double after it acquired ANZ's masterfunds ($78.7bn, up 111.4%). Wraps continue to be the largest market for managed funds, taking up nearly 50% of assets at $408.6 billion. Platforms comprise 39% at $319.1 billion and master trusts sit at $95.5 ...

Lonsec bolsters investment team

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2020
... managed fund products. Lonsec research director Lorraine Robinson said Green's wealth of experience working across managed funds, listed products, and direct equities - 12 years of which were spent at Lonsec - would assist the research house to grow ...

Managed funds recover FUM losses

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
Wholesale and retail managed funds have recovered almost half of the pandemic-induced losses incurred during the March quarter, new research from Plan For Life shows. Both wholesale and retail managed funds ended the 2019/20 financial year down 4.6% ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... most investment strategies during the global pandemic, Rainmaker research shows. Rainmaker's July Wholesale managed funds performance report reveals the best and worst fund managers, pointing out stellar performances from the likes of Lakehouse Capital ...

Millennials jump on COVID-19 volatility

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... rise in investment activity among investors since the pandemic's onset, driving a healthy return of flows into managed funds after an intense net outflow in March when markets sharply turned." On a global scale, US millennials led investment activity ...

New research head at Centrepoint Alliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... manager with responsibility for investment strategy and asset allocation across model portfolios managed accounts, managed funds and equities. "Daniel has a great passion for portfolio construction, contributing to IOOF's investment philosophy, while ...