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Perpetual funds down amid market decline

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 25 JUL 2022
... decline in markets. However, Adams also touted Perpetual for delivering a solid quarter in what has been a tough market environment for asset managers. Adam said: "Our investment teams deliver very strong relative investment performance, with all but ...

Pearler raises $7.8m to continue growth

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUL 2022
... navigate their wealth journey over the next 20, 30 or 40 years while giving them the tools to navigate any market environment," Nicolaides said. "We are not interested in enabling investing as a series of transactions. "Rather, our process is about helping ...

Australian Retirement Trust records -0.96% return

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... investment team has remained focused on delivering the best outcomes for our two million-plus members in this tough market environment," Patrick said. ART saw its worst return in its balanced indexed option, coming in at -7.94%. Its best return was achieved ...

TWUSUPER awards bond mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... risk-controlled approach." "We believe this solution meets the needs of our investors, particularly in light of the market environment and research we undertook with NMG Consulting around the impact of YFYS reforms on super funds," he added. "With investors ...

DWS chief resigns amid greenwashing claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2022
... its history, DWS is significantly more profitable, is stable and has continued to perform well in a difficult market environment." "At the same time, the allegations made against DWS and myself in past months have become a burden for the company, as ...

Risk asset volatility guaranteed: Western Asset

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
... opportunities, Western Asset chief investment officer Ken Leech did discern the importance of diversification in today's market environment. Leech understands that risk asset volatility is likely to sharply increase, which would make for challenging ...

Yellen forebodes stagflation risks

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
... pressures aren't likely to abate in the very near future. As many commentators have forwarded, the current market environment is fraught with inflationary and slowdown risks. Some economists have gone so far as to predict a synchronised recession in ...

Future Fund battles challenging markets

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 3 MAY 2022
Future Fund's investment holdings slipped 1.5% over the three months ended March 31, now sitting just shy of $201 billion. In its latest portfolio update, Future Fund saw a return of 11.8% for the 12 months to March 31, exceeding its target of 9.1%. ...

PIMCO dumps LIT launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... Australia and co-head of Asia Pacific portfolio management Rob Mead said the level of demand in the current market environment "did not give us confidence that the product would trade strongly in the secondary market". "We therefore decided it would ...

Majority of Aussie fund categories underperform: Data

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 DEC 2021
S&P Dow Jones Indices Australia has today released its Persistence Scorecard Mid-Year 2021, revealing that the majority of Australian fund categories overall showed weak performance persistence in top-performing funds across three- and five-year periods. ...