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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 ...

Schroders to bring private equity fund to Australia

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... Schroders, best recognised in Australia for its fixed income and equity strategies, is gearing up to bring a private equity fund to local investors later this year. The new fund will use a fund-of-fund structure to invest in externally-managed private ...

K2 appoints head of research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... contributing to the K2 Asset Management journey," Boubouras said. K2, which was established in 1999, is an Australian based equity fund manager offering strategies for retail, wholesale and institutional investors with around $131.5 million in funds ...

Sydney boutique partners with Pan Tribal

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... Pan Tribal Asset Management will take over the distribution of two Barwon funds: The Barwon Global Listed Private Equity Fund and the Barwon Global High Income fund. Together, these two represent about $400 million in assets. The two signed an agreement ...