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Female fund managers outperform men

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
... without female representation have underperformed by 160bps. Goldman Sachs looked at a universe of 496 large-cap US mutual funds with a combined US$2.3 trillion in assets under management. In the research note to clients, it defines female-managed portfolios ...

ASIC grants frozen fund relief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2020
... managed investment schemes freeze redemptions for fear of undermining their fund. As at June, at least US$62 billion of mutual funds across the globe had suspended redemptions since the beginning of the year, according to Fitch Ratings. In response ...

Perpetual takes stake in US asset manager

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... 80% its accounts are US-domiciled. Perpetual said Barrow Hanley has room for adding further retail offering (via mutual funds and ETFs) in United States and other countries. It also accelerates Perpetual's footprint in the US and provides Hong Kong ...

Pension funds apply pressure on climate change

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... Management, Maryland State Treasurer, New York State Comptroller, Office of the Illinois State Treasurer, Praxis Mutual Funds and Seattle City Employees' Retirement System. The letter was also signed by a number of not for profit organisations and ...

Chief economist update: Premature easing will cost more lives, more rupiahs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... realisation period of export proceeds; on the 27th of the same month, the RBI launched a special liquidity facility for mutual funds (SLF-MF) of 500 billion rupees (USD 6.56 billion) to ease pressure due to the coronavirus pandemic; and, on May 22, it ...

Managed funds redemptions top US$62bn

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
At least US$62 billion of mutual funds across the globe have suspended redemptions so far this year, already higher than at least the previous eight years, owing to COVID-19, according to Fitch Ratings. Fitch attributed the high level of suspensions ...

Aussie funds bleed $4bn in March

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... bases." Separate research from Cerulli Associates said in the US, investors pulled approximately US $320 billion from mutual funds and ETFs during March, although there are asset classes such as passive US equity ($40.9 billion) that were exempt from ...

AMP Capital shutters global equities fund for platform investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... platform investors (Class M) was closed last Friday. The decision was taken by the fund's responsible entity, National Mutual Funds Management Limited. "A reduction in the fund's size over time combined with certain fixed costs associated with operating ...

Mutual fund assets lose $1.3 trillion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... despite the heavy losses, both active and passive mutual fund strategies added net flows during February. "Taxable bond mutual funds continue to be a destination for investors, having witnessed $55.2 billion in net flows February for the year-to-date ...

Chief economist update: Cash splash

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2020
... planned purchases for the year to over €1T. Fed unveiled another facility to boost liquidity, aimed at money-market mutual funds. " Also announced new swap lines with more central banks to help ease strains of dollar funding. BOE announced an emergency ...