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Aussie investors unhappy with pandemic performance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... Australian investors are considerably more dissatisfied with portfolio performance than their global peers, according to bfinance's mid-year Asset Owner Survey. Over 40% of super fund respondents in Australia have been dissatisfied with the performance ...

Investors turn to China-focused strategies

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... index lost just 9.72% and the MSCI China index (largely offshore) lost 10.22%. In the survey, institutional consultant bfinance found that while four in five investors still use global emerging market strategies to obtain exposure to one of the world's ...

Global asset manager appoints local insto lead

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2020
... Australian and New Zealand, as the firm looks to grow its presence in the region. Sharma links with the asset manager from bfinance, where he has served as a senior associate since 2017. Prior to his time with the UK-based consultant, Sharma spent almost ...

Diversification pays off for some, but not all: bfinance

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... disappointed with their performance during the downturn. That's according to research coming out of global investment consultant bfinance, which surveyed 260 investors from 28 countries, with total assets totally well over $4 trillion (US$2.5 trillion). ...

Fees down across asset classes: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... across a number of asset classes, associated with continued pressure on external manager fees from asset owners. The bfinance report found fees for active global equity mandates have fallen by 7% since 2013 and 4% since 2016. Median quoted fees for a ...

Former super fund investment lead joins consultancy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... officer of Commonwealth Bank Group Super as it looks to expand its Australian operations. Gerard Parlevliet has joined bfinance in the newly-created role of senior strategic advisor, to work closely with Australian director Frithjof van Zyp and senior ...

Former Liberal Party leader joins Islamic super fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2018
... Crescent Wealth appointed Equity Trustees as trustee; NAB Asset Servicing as custodian; Mercer as fund administrator; and bfinance as investment adviser. "Crescent Wealth is growing quickly and has a unique proposition in the Australian market. Our partnership ...

Private equity will become bigger than hedge funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2018
... with just $1.1 trillion but are projected to have the highest growth rate - 300%. Earlier this month, asset consultant bfinance said allocations to alternative risk premia (ARP) made up 6% of diversifying strategies mandates in the 12 months to June ...

Diversification mandates lead the way: Research

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... according to an international investment consultant. The latest asset manager intelligence and market trends report from bfinance shows alternative risk premia (ARP) mandates have settled after increased activity between 2015 and the first half of 2017. ...

Frontier names head of real assets arm

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUL 2018
... role of head of people. Joey Alcock also returned to Frontier as a principal consultant. He was a senior associate with bfinance in London since May 2016. He spent 11 years at Frontier before that as a consultant.