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Global asset manager rebrands

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... name Ostrum Asset Management highlights our experience in the financial markets over more than 30 years, our strong performance track record and our investment team's dedication to our clients." Ostrum's executive line up comprises: Valerie Derambure ...

WAM LIC appoints director

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... Platinum Asset Management, Flight Centre and Pengana International Equities were major contributors to the portfolio's performance. Wilson Asset Management, which invests about $3 billion on behalf of retail investors, manages five other LICs: WAM Microcap ...

Chief economist update: Australia cruising at low altitude

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... value decreasing. By tracking GDP growth investors will come to understand the economic backdrop that underpins the performance of their portfolio. The Australian Bureau of Statistic's GDP report contains a treasure-trove of information that not only ...

Women-led super funds outperform again

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2018
... W-index score and contrasted this against the fund's MySuper or default investment option and its relative investment performance. The W-index is a weighted ratio that describes the proportion of each fund's senior leadership roles that are held by women ...

Morningstar fuels fund ratings with AI

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... generates a quantitative rating - positive, neutral, or negative - based on key assessment areas of parent, people, performance, price and processes. A research analyst would typically assign analyst ratings - gold, silver, bronze, neutral and negative ...

L1 Capital targets $500m for long short LIC

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... terms of the IPO are that costs will be reimbursed by L1; L1 will cover most ongoing operating costs; all after-tax performance fees will be reinvested in the LIC with a voluntary 10-year escrow from the IPO date; and L1's investment team will invest ...

Macrovue bets on 5G technology

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... stocks during the testing phase. "Our process is very, very robust. We are hoping to match the shadow portfolio's performance,'' Bristow said. A team of investment managers spearheaded by former AMP senior portfolio manager Clay Carter will run the portfolio. ...

Good Super partners for Dump Trump investment option

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAR 2018
... options, which Good Super said will enable members to "align their investments with their values without sacrificing performance." In addition to the Trump and Adani portfolios, members can also opt for LGBT Rights, Gender Equality, Boycott Coal Seam ...

Hunter Hall veteran launches new business

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... assets and access to investment decisions. It will also drive down costs and "actions favouring asset retention over performance." The firm will also use an unusual fee structure whereby if performance is negative in any given financial year, half of ...

Life insurer profitably improving: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAR 2018
Life insurers ended 2017 on a positive note, reporting solid investment revenue performance and an improvement in profitability. APRA's latest statistics in the 12 months to December 2017 show the life insurance industry recorded total revenue of $36.2 ...