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Regal Atlantic fund down 58.6%

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... Regal said. It also provided performance figures for two funds up until April 16. The Regal Australian long/short equity fund has risen 11.8% while the Regal Australian small companies fund has risen 20.2%. "While two weeks of performance certainly doesn't ...

Ausbil promotes from within

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... so far has been promoted from head of equities research to co-portfolio manager for the Ausbil Active Sustainable Equity Fund. Condoleon will also retain his role as head of equities research as he takes on the new position. He is a member of the portfolio ...

Schroders appoints regional leadership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2020
... positioned for the next stage of growth," Debruyne said. Separately, the firm has been preparing to bring a private equity fund to Australia later this year, with plans afoot to use a fund-of-fund structure to invest in externally-managed private equity ...

Mirae appoints wholesale distribution lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... investors in two Asian equities (ex Japan) strategies that are managed by a Hong Kong-based team: the Asia Sector Leaders Equity Fund and Asia Great Consumer Equity Fund. Reimers will report to Don Gunawan, who heads Mirae's Australian business development. ...

Aussie ETF industry contracts

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
Australian ETFs lost $2 billion in February as the industry contracted for the first time in more than a year amid fears of the spreading COVID-19 pandemic. According to BetaShares, the 3.1% month on month decline in funds under management was due entirely ...

Gender diversity remains static, women still disadvantaged

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... arena isn't much better, with female fund managers dropping from highs of 16% in 2000 to 11% last year. Similarly, equity fund managers dropped from 12.9% two decades ago, to 11% last year. "The gender gap is a chasm in the fund industry. The cause is ...

Mid and small-caps outperform in 2019

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
S&P Dow Jones Indices has released its annual SPIVA Australia Scorecard; a report measuring the performance of active funds against their respective benchmark indices - and mid and small-caps have come out on top. Surveying returns from 829 Australian ...

HESTA appoints GM, internalises investments

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAR 2020
... implemented by 2021 in his new general manager - growth role. Semczyszyn was formerly chief investment officer for boutique equity fund manager JCP Investment Partners, overseeing assets of up to $11.5 billion across Australian equities mandates. HESTA ...

Investment Manager of the Year named

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... recognised for the top International Equities - Index/Enhanced product in the BlackRock Fission Indexed International Equity Fund. Later, the BlackRock Scientific Diversified Stable Fund was named the top Multi-Asset - Capital Stable product. Magellan ...

Pengana makes executive hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
Pengana Capital Group has appointed a former Allan Gray relationship manager in a newly created role which will see her lead the investment firm's international equities division down under. Joy Yacoub has nabbed the role as an executive director and ...