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Magellan shuns turnaround companies

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... Douglass continues to take a contrarian stance by shunning "turnaround companies", claiming they make it difficult for fund managers to be profitable. A company in the process of turning around its operations are typically over-earning and forced to ...

Conscious IM appoints investment director

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2022
... together closely in her previous role at Summer Housing. "It will increasingly be important for impact investment fund managers to have in-house asset management experience, to ensure maximum impact and financial returns of assets, and we look forward ...

Tough quarter for Pendal

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 JAN 2022
... executive Nick Good said. "Pendal continues to invest in distribution in key target markets, is working closely with fund managers to strengthen investment performance and has launched new impact and thematic that are quickly gaining traction and meeting ...

Consultation opens for CCIV draft bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... industry internationally by attracting more offshore investment. To be more recognisable to offshore investors and fund managers, and to take the local funds management sector on a level playing field with its global counterparts, the CCIV regime is ...

Pension scheme, UBS divest energy companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 DEC 2021
... the end of June 2021, the companies represented 0.25% of Nest's total portfolio or $52 million. UBS, one of Nest's fund managers, has been selling these shares over the past months to ensure a fair price was achieved, Nest said. The companies are now ...

Proxy advice reforms force transparency, AFS licensing

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 DEC 2021
... so it is critical that proxy voting arrangements are transparent so consumers can be confident that trustees and fund managers are exercising their voting power according to members' best financial interests," he said. The Australian Institute of ...

FSC names acting chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 DEC 2021
... Loane oversaw the development of the Asia Funds Passport, two Life Insurance Codes and the Stewardship Code for fund managers. Loane was grilled at the Hayne Royal Commission where she struggled to answer basic questions about the dodgy sales practices ...

State Super sets net zero targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... alternatives and real assets investments. "State Super will work closely with its Master Investment Manager and its fund managers and continue strong engagement with the companies and managers of the assets we hold," State Super said. "In addition, the ...

Majority of Aussie fund categories underperform: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
... is a typical practice to evaluate their performance, S&P said persistence is an additional test that can reveal fund managers' skills in different market environments. Twice a year, the global index provider measures the performance persistence of Australian ...

Super funds attracting more women to investment work

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2021
... However, Future IM/Pact founder Yolanda Beattie said critical structural barriers remained across the sector as fund managers struggled to both attract and retain women in investment roles. The research, published in the whitepaper, found that barriers ...