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SPIVA again scores active versus passive debate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2017
... president Mellody Hobson provided an argument as to why there should be additional lenses to SPIVA when considering the performance of the active management industry. She highlighted two SPIVA principles: first, the fact that it employs "survivorship ...

State Street introduces machine learning tool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... overlays the experience, knowledge and conclusions of Quantextual's own research team to improve the algorithms' ongoing performance and accuracy. Users can also then annotate research reports and share them with colleagues. "Today, the speed, sophistication ...

Family offices put focus back on equities: Research

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
Asia-Pacific family offices have recorded strong performance off the back of developed-market equities and private equity, according to latest research. In a survey of principles and executives among 262 family offices, the Global Family Office Report ...

Ophir high conviction fund added to HUB24

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2017
... investors." Ophir co-founder and senior portfolio manager Andrew Mitchell added that the fund's strong historical performance was a testament to the firm's investment process and team. The High Conviction Fund is the second investment strategy launched ...

IRESS enters regtech realm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 SEP 2017
... IRESS inked a $2 million strategic regtech partnership to assist financial services businesses improve compliance. The performance-linked investment in regtech and data analytics company Lucsan marks IRESS' first minority equity investment. The non-material ...

CBA climate risk court case abandoned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... climate change poses, the bank failed to provide shareholders with a true and fair view of its financial position and performance, as required by law. One week after the claim was filed; CBA published its 2017 annual report, committing to undertake climate ...

Former UBS exec joins Celeste

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 SEP 2017
... with Paul for over 12 years and look forward to continuing to work closely with him to generate attractive long-term performance for our clients." Celeste is an active equities manager with about $460 million in assets under management. It's majority-owned ...

Multi-asset strategy enters Aussie retail market

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... respective history. Stevens said greater opportunities sit in Europe and Japan. "In some markets over 100% of year to date performance is actually earnings growth, in other words price to earnings ratios have come down. That's the case for three European ...

AIA acquires CBA life insurance businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 SEP 2017
... Sovereign. A pre-completion dividend is also expected to be received by CBA, subject to the timing of completion, business performance and regulatory approvals. The divestment is anticipated to release about $3 billion of common equity tier 1 capital ...

Global $11bn manager acquires US firm

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 SEP 2017
... Under the terms of the agreement, Impax will make additional contingent payments of US$37.5 million, subject to Pax's performance. Existing management and investment teams will remain in place and current Pax funds will retain the Pax brand, but Pax ...