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Frontier adds to real assets team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... the team in early July, working within Frontier's real assets research team with a particular focus on assessing fund managers, investment opportunities and providing market analysis in the property sector. In addition to undertaking asset class research ...

Just 14.8% of hedge fund leaders are female: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... more female leaders. As we push towards greater equality, there will always be resistance. As well as research into fund managers worldwide, the report collected survey data from 250 UK hedge fund traders and portfolio managers aged 21 and over in Q2 ...

EQT reveals most popular fund launches

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... including Australian Ethical, CareSuper, Cbus and HESTA having signed up to be tobacco free, this has triggered fund managers to follow suit, O'Brien said. Of the 100 newest funds, just over half were launched by domestic fund managers but Equity Trustees ...

Aussie private capital on the rise: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2022
... Market Yearbook report also recorded $26 billion in uncommitted capital held by Australian-focused private capital fund managers last year. Private equity and venture capital, which accounts for half of private capital assets under management, saw high ...

'No easy answer' to ESG disclosures by super fund trustees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2022
... demand for transparency and accountability has permeated into social norms and best practice for superannuation fund managers. The days of 'trust us, we'll do the right thing are gone' for good and the report prescribes that RSEs should disclose what ...

Increased demand drives ESG expert salaries

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2022
... figures are inclusive of superannuation and are based on Kaizen's own experiences recruiting for super funds and fund managers setting up dedicated in-house ESG research teams. "We have seen these organisations grow their ESG capabilities to drive ...

Stock picking dominant source of alpha: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2022
... the overwhelming source of excess returns, with the study suggesting that asset owners conducting due diligence on fund managers should subject their research capabilities to much closer scrutiny. Managers with demonstrable research skills generated ...

Australian Ethical adds to investment committee

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2022
... director John McMurdo said: "Australians are increasingly demanding ethical investment options from their advisers, fund managers, super fund providers, and other investment professionals." "It is no longer acceptable for money managers to solely chase ...

FSC offers guidance on divesting Russia

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2022
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has released guidance to assist super funds and fund managers in divesting Russian assets. Despite superannuation funds only having a small exposure to Russian investments in the context of the $3.5 trillion superannuation ...

Morningstar bets on active fund managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2022
As market sell-offs continue to pummel ASX-listed active fund managers, Morningstar is betting big that Pendal, Magellan, Pinnacle and Platinum will deliver past the short-term noise. The fund mangers' "compounding potential" for larger assets under ...