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Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... region, it said, with very few investors willing to bet on a sustained recovery from the strategy. Interest in emerging market equities had been buoyed by heightened interest in China-focused managers, it said, while manager searches for listed infrastructure ...

Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... is launching a new global emerging markets fund that invests in 20-40 stocks. It is managed by Northcape, whose emerging market strategy has delivered 7.4% p.a. higher than the benchmark from July 2008 to June end. "We are excited to launch these retail ...

Wasatch adds APAC distribution lead

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
US-based investment manager Wasatch Global Investors has appointed former ANZ Private Banking and Advice head of research and governance, Amelia Kennedy, to a newly created role leading distribution in the Asia-Pacific region. During her six-year tenure ...

Emerging market debt rebounds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
Emerging-market (EM) debt rebounded strongly in the second quarter across hard currency sovereign and corporate credit as well as local-currency debt, according to Eaton Vance. Eaton Vance institutional portfolio manager director and alternative and ...

Global manager launches China A-shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... million. "This portfolio is very different to the index and it is very different form the china exposure in an emerging market portfolio as well. When you get a Chinese allocation through an EM manager, they don't have specific expertise in mainland ...

New platform launches for super funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... defensive tilt, serve as a 'carpark' when the fund is between managers, plug an unwanted risk exposure, add or remove emerging market exposure, quickly address ESG-related concerns or even chase less orthodox return sources such as equity put and call ...

Perpetual opens retail raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... scale our business internationally." Barrow Hanley's 21 strategies cover US, Europe and Far East global and emerging market equities and US fixed income. The total FUM is split as 60% US equities, 15% global equities and 20% fixed income. More than ...

GQG Partners wins $20m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
A Sydney advice firm has allocated $20 million for global equities to Florida-headquartered GQG Partners. PlayfairTan investment director Darren Cunneen said GQG's global equity strategy had a strong track record, is competitively priced and benchmark ...

UK pension fund to go net zero

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... the equivalent of taking 200,000 cars off the road, the fund said. The divestment includes its investments in emerging market equities and represents $2.17 billion being removed from the world's largest carbon emitters, NEST said. It will also begin ...

Aussie investors unhappy with pandemic performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... strategic asset allocations." The survey revealed trouble areas with 64% of alternative risk premia investors, 53% of emerging market investors and 48% of hedge fund investors were dissatisfied with the performance in those strategies. bfinance head ...