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Guinness Asset Management wins global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... in small caps investing." Brodie added: "The SGH Emerging Companies fund has been on our radar given its impressive performance, unique investment approach and highly capable and experienced portfolio manager." "We are pleased to be working with SG Hiscock ...

Russell revamps ESG scoring system

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... social and governance scoring system that aims to identify factors that could materially affect a company's financial performance. Russell argued the new system allows for more accurate predictions of share price return as compared to "traditional, non-material ...

Global manager begins alternative risk premia push

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2018
... protection and it gives a return that's not market or equity risk premia. It makes it very attractive." Marais admits ARP performance is currently "all over the place." He said there are strategies in the US where one's down 5% another is up 10%. "To ...

Chief economist update: Inflation isn't such a lonely word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... week ending 16 February, partly reversing the previous week's 5.2% loss but more than enough to take its 2018-to-date performance from negative 2% to a positive 2.2%. This is despite the continued climb in the US 10-year bond yield from 2.86% to 2.87% ...

Institutions suffer financial adviser drain

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... "significant expansion program." The company then declared that the "traditional licensee model of measuring adviser performance on sales and revenue" was outdated and established its own professional advice framework. As a reverse case study, it's important ...

La Trobe marches credit fund beyond $2bn

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... investment processes and focus on absolute return objectives have been the key drivers of the increased FUM "and our great performance metrics." "We've seen growing product demand as both investors and their advisers look for ways to achieve return objectives ...

Pension fund and bank terminate asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2018
... executives Keith Skeoch and Martin Gilbert said: "We are disappointed by this decision in the context of the strong performance and good service we have delivered for LBG, Scottish Widows and their customers. We will be discussing the implications of ...

Suncorp reviews options for life insurance business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... underlying after-tax profit to $39 million reported in its latest financial results. The life insurance arm's strong performance in the six months to December was due to the "benefits of repricing and the ongoing focus of the optimisation program," the ...

Avenir recruits Platinum analyst

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2018
... we continue to seek global opportunities for our concentrated portfolio and build on our seven-year record of high performance," Warner said. Cifuentes' appointment follows Avenir recruiting Patricia Queipo de Lano Campomanes late last year as an investment ...

Defensive bias hurting SMSF performance: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... Lower weightings to growth assets - particularly international equities - in the average SMSF is dragging down its performance relative to default MySuper indices, according to SuperGuard 360 research. In the 12 months to 31 December 2017, the SG360 ...