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Global manager shuts fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
... closure is expected to be finalised by August 7. "In Australia, AXA IM's main core fund is The Global Sustainability Equity Fund. The fund applies an ESG scoring approach which is increasingly of interest to the market. The principal investors in ...

Volatility is not the devil: Pengana

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2020
Volatility, despite its stomach turning swings, should not be feared; instead investors should take time to understand it to take advantage of the opportunities it presents. That's according to Pengana Capital Group executive director and manager for ...

Bennelong adds to institutional distribution team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Bennelong Funds Management has appointed an institutional distribution executive as the company focuses on growing its domestic and offshore institutional capability. Eric Finnell is set to step into the role, having previously been at Fisher Investments ...

Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
New data has revealed that hedge funds around the globe staged a recovery in April, with a positive aggregate return of more than 5%. It follows a disappointing March, with almost all the hedge funds tracked by a global database and analytics tool in ...

CBA sells 55% of CFS

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... receive cash proceeds of about $1.7 billion from KKR. KKR expects to make its investment primarily via its Asian private equity fund. CBA anticipates the sale will result in a $1.5 billion post-tax gain for the group and increase its Common Equity Tier ...

Global manager reduces fees on flagship fund

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
A global investment manager has cut fees on its $3.4 billion flagship global equity fund, ahead of the government's changes to end conflicted grandfathered remuneration. T. Rowe Price as slashed management fees on its Australian Unit Trust Global ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... upgraded, while 13 unlisted and listed funds were downgraded. Upgraded funds included BlackRock Advantage Australian Equity Fund (from bronze to silver), CFS (now First Sentier Investors) Equity Income (from neutral to bronze), Fidelity Future Leaders ...

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 ...