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Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... portfolios with an emphasis on these themes," he said. "Investment styles often explain a large part of the relative performance of investment managers, and this was the case in this recent period. "We have seen time and time again that the benefits ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Growth continued to outperform value according to a new study by Frontier Advisers looking at the performance of fund managers in the final quarter of 20109/20. In a note released to its clients, Frontier reported that growth-focused managers outstripped ...

Rio Tinto decision exposes limits of super engagement

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... engagements aren't for ethical reasons per se, but rather as a function to promote better long term financial performance of the companies as investments (ESG risk factors)," Steffanoni said. He said, in situations like this one, super funds might ...

Industry super pours $19.5bn into Australian recovery

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... assets more energy efficient. Infrastructure investments, despite their illiquidity, are "critical to the good performance of the funds", the ISA said, and can achieve strong returns for investors. "Analysis shows that $100 invested in unlisted assets ...

Perth hit worst in housing crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... Owen said more expensive property can be most reactive and volatile in responses to changes in the cash rate. "The performance of property markets amid COVID-19 suggest the high end of the market may also be more responsive to negative economic shocks," ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... according to a new report from the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). The report, COVID-19 and the performance of responsible investments, said in a time of massive market disruption, responsible investment funds that integrate ESG ...

History is repeating itself: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
... capital for growth initiatives such as acquisitions and investment." Smart said there are similarities regarding the performance of investment styles and market dynamics during the two crises. During the GFC, the growth investment style exhibited a stronger ...

Pendal adds SRI lense to multi-asset fund

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
Pendal has increased the consideration of sustainability factors in its multi-asset target return fund, in what it claims is an Australian first. The global investment manager has introduced a new set of screens to its $189 million multi-asset target ...

Dividend yield set to dial down to zero

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... tentatively begun, he said. "This is not yet true in Australia, with many cyclically-exposed sectors lagging the price performance of their overseas counterparts," Mawhinney said. "Despite earnings and dividend headwinds, we believe investors with a ...

Volatility wreaks havoc with heat map measures

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2020
... that metric were slapped with a yellow or red rating by APRA. But when examined to 31 March 2020, the three-year performance of MySuper funds are no longer typified by a risk/return correlation. Further, funds are "scattered around the median" Frontier ...