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Active manager winning streak short lived

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
... actively managed funds were in the top quartile. Three years later, only 41 funds stayed at the top. Of the 78 top-performing Aussie equity funds, just 11 consistently stayed in this bracket. REITs (18.8%) were the least persistent in staying above the ...

Aussie, Lendi to merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2020
Lendi and Commonwealth Bank have entered into an agreement to merge Lendi with Aussie Home Loans. The merged business will maintain a multi-brand strategy but Lendi will also access the more recognisable Aussie brand name and its national network of ...

Firetrail dips toes in global equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 10 DEC 2020
Firetrail Investments wants to build a global equities team, after gathering over $5 billion in its Aussie equities strategies in under three years, Financial Standard understands. The boutique was launched by Macquarie Investment Management's long/short ...

Aberdeen Standard pulls plug on Aussie fixed income

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
... Aberdeen Standard Australian Fixed Income Fund. The fund manager declined to comment on total funds under management of the Aussie fixed income team, the timeline for return of funds to investors, and the future employment of the team's investors. ...

Investec to close Aussie business

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2020
The South African wealth manager and banking group is exiting the Australian market after 20 years. The company said the move is not a reflection of performance of the Australian business or employees, but a "strategic exit" to focus on its core markets ...

Best managed funds, ETFs named

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... beating the second-best iShares's IOO by a wide margin over one (26.3% to 11.8%), three (21.48% p.a. to 14.04% p.a.). Aussie equities winners In unlisted managed funds, the best listed property fund was Pendal Property Securities Fund (-16.56% for ...

Nasdaq proposes diversity rules

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
... percentages of female directors is 26% and 32.1% for the ASX All Ords and the ASX200, respectively." Zhong warned that Aussie firms and all listed firms around the world should be prepared for the trend towards enhanced diversity in senior management ...

US wealth manager acquires three Aussie firms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2020
NASDAQ listed Focus Financial Partners has created a new network of boutique financial advice firms and acquired three Australian businesses. Focus launched Connectus on December 1 in the US, and now the first Australian advice firms to join the boutique ...

Aussies lost money due to lack of advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
Despite Australia living up to its reputation as a lucky country during the COVID-19 pandemic, Australians' investments took a bigger hit than their international counterparts - likely due to a lack of financial advice. New research from PIMCO surveyed ...

Chief economist update: David Australia versus Goliath China

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 DEC 2020
... Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison calling for an inquiry into the origins of the pandemic. It was downhill in Sino-Aussie relations from there. China placed an import ban on four Australian abattoirs citing infringements on beef products; China ...