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Aussie fundie receives global recognition

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2020
An Australian fund manager has made the best female global fund managers list for the second year in a row. Fidelity International portfolio manager Kate Howitt was ranked 11th on UK publication Citywire's list of the top 30 female fund managers ...

Sunsuper adds long/short to Aussie equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... that stock," he said. Sunsuper is in the process of implementing, but the allocation could be potentially 5% of the total Aussie equities portfolio. Barnes said "maybe a third" of the total alpha delivered by the strategy will come from the short side. ...

Active manager performance slumps: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 SEP 2020
... improved their performance relative to the benchmark. This was wiped out by the coronavirus, which forced massive drawdowns in Aussie equity funds of 11.66% (equal weighted) and 11.39% (asset-weighted). As the S&P/ASX 200 lost 10.42%, about two thirds ...

Netwealth takes stake in Aussie fintech

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2020
Wealth management company Netwealth has announced its investment and partnership with data solutions fintech Xeppo. Netwealth purchased a 25% stake in Xeppo with the option to increase its holding to 50% in the future but noted the investment is not ...

Global equities manager hires GM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... chief operating officer for global markets across Australia and South East Asia. For nearly eight years he oversaw the Aussie equities, research, fixed income, currencies and commodities business. Prior to that he was chief operating officer of equities ...

Boutique launches Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2020
A Brisbane Aussie equities boutique has launched an income-focussed strategy as an unlisted managed trust, after running it as a separately managed portfolio for 13 years. DNR Capital's Australian Equities Fund is managed by DNR's chief investment ...

Aussie small caps outperform

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2020
... 26.2%, followed by the SG Hiscock Emerging Companies Fund (19.1%) and OC Micro-cap Companies Fund (18.6%). For large-cap Aussie equities, Bennelong's Australian Equities Fund (13.6%) topped the leagues table, followed by its Concentrated Australian ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2020
... 2019, with 16 now sitting within the top 300 pension funds worldwide, new analysis shows. In stark contrast to this year, Aussie super funds enjoyed an extremely positive 2019, according to Willis Towers Watson's study of the top 300 pension funds around ...

It's not a bird or a plane; it's a new trading platform

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
A new trading platform has launched today, set to help Aussie investors trade over 2500 shares, LICS, REITs and ETFs with as little as a $100 investment and a flat $5 brokerage fee. Superhero, which its co-founder and chief executive John Winters says ...

Future Fund posts negative year, cashes up

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... asset allocation, the portfolio's weighting of cash increased significantly (by 7.4%) and to equities marginally (0.7% for Aussie equities). All other asset classes' share of the total portfolio assets was down from between -0.5% for infrastructure and ...