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Rest names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... management approach," Rest chief executive Vicki Doyle said. "Andrew will play a key role working with our investment managers and Board Investment Committee as we look for investment opportunities that generate strong long-term returns for our members ...

New multi-boutique launches in Sydney

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... former head of research for Morphic Asset Management has launched a multi-boutique, aiming to partner with investment managers looking for distribution support. Mantis Funds, led by Timothy Cheung as chief executive, picked up Dalton Street Capital as ...

ESG continues to outperform: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... said. "Yet while there has been widespread market downturn, the various analysis by commentators including investment managers, research houses and ratings agencies is consistently showing that more sustainable companies are performing better and responsible ...

Pessimism strikes Australia, US optimistic

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
... were also cited by 17%. Louise Watson, managing director and head of distribution for Australia at Natixis Investment Managers said: "This current crisis is unlike any we've seen before, and as a result global macro themes including the China/US trade ...

Fidelity launches sustainable fund

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2020
... governance profile of an investor's portfolio, Lecourt said. Fidelity Australia managing director Alva Devoy said investment managers had a responsibility to evaluate companies on both financial merit and their commitment to ESG factors. "We approach ...

Boutique appoints ESG lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUN 2020
... and approach. "As a firm, we recognise the continuing importance of ESG, and the role and responsibility of investment managers to fully assess the risks and opportunities of ESG factors, including climate change, when seeking to deliver long-term benefits ...

Global manager shuts fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2020
AXA Investment Managers has decided to close a $109 million fund as its largest investor pulls out. The AXA IM Global Dynamic Equity Plus fund invested in global equities and was 3.06% under its benchmark MSCI World Index ($A, unhedged) after fees for ...

Survey shows future of mandates

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... Nearly six in 10 (57%) of these asset owners can envision a time when they will only allocate mandates to investment managers with a formal, integrated approach to ESG. The survey also found 80% of these large global asset owners are already integrating ...

Balanced funds fundamentally flawed

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... for low yielding debt instruments." When markets started to crash at the end of February and during March, investment managers would have realised that these assets were much more correlated to growth assets than previously believed, he said. "Airports ...

Sentiment weakens as macro threats loom

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
... well as bankruptcies and job losses, threaten to topple markets and investor sentiment - however, Natixis Investment Managers head of global market strategy Esty Dwek told Financial Standard she doesn't believe market's will retest their March ...