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The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... COVID-19 sell-off. "In broad terms, Asia and emerging markets strategies have fared better than more diversified global equities portfolios, driven by the underperformance of the US and European share markets," Morningstar said. "It is noteworthy that ...

Hamish Douglass remains confident amid COVID-19 crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... investment officer Hamish Douglass believes COVID-19 could lead to near total economic shutdown, but says his global equities portfolio is well positioned to withstand the current volatile environment. To reduce risk, Douglass has increased the portfolio's ...

Ellerston, Morphic look to oust Perpetual

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... Management, saying it can offer investors a better deal on the fees. The Morphic Global Opportunities Fund invests in global equities and is managed by former Hunter Hall investors Jack Lowenstein and Chad Slater. The fund has been running since July ...

Best, worst equities performers in COVID-19 sell-off revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... come out on top during the COVID-19 crisis. Asia and emerging market strategies have topped their diversified global equities counterparts amid the dramatic market volatility that has stripped billions from the world's bourses, Morningstar research ...

Aussie ETF industry contracts

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2020
... 'real life' test of extraordinary volatility puts those doubts to rest." In the review, BetaShares found that global equities products received the largest inflows, raking in $935 million in February. Fixed income products also performed well ...

BNP Paribas hires from Vanguard

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... Zealand. Both Elhage and Fleiter are based in Sydney. In Australia, BNP Paribas Asset Management offers strategies in global equities (value, growth and emerging market), global fixed income, infrastructure and multi-asset. It manages about $10 billion ...

Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... bleak picture for investors. They suggest that the odds of picking a thematic fund that survives and outperforms global equities are firmly stacked against them." The dominant players in the industry are Pictet Asset Management and Nikko Asset Management. ...

Pendal global equities fund cut at Morningstar

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2020
Morningstar has dropped coverage on Pendal's global equities fund which recently swapped out an external manager for Pendal's in-house investment team. In November, Pendal announced it would pull $460 million from AQR Capital Management across three ...

Fidelity sweeps Morningstar Australia Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2020
... allocation set to four risk profiles. Another category, where a passive manager was a finalist (but not a winner) was global equities. Franklin Global Growth beat VanEck Vector's QUAL and Zurich Global Growth (American Century Investments) for fund manager ...

ETF popularity soars 52%

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2020
... fixed interest ETFs could persist." There are currently 30 fixed interest ETFs in Australia, compared with 87 global equities products, and 47 Australian equities ETFs. Zaychuk argues active managers have warmed to ETFs as a way to distribute their strategies. ...