Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 31 - 40 of 2379 results for %22Benchmark Report%22

Most Australian actively managed funds lag the index

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... basis. During the same timeframe, an overwhelming majority (74%) of international equity funds underperformed their benchmark, the S&P Developed Ex-Australia LargeMidCap. The index rose 18.1%, while the active funds posted rises of 16.1% and 14.8% on ...

AI to revolutionise investment industry: Research

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 SEP 2023
... alternatives, will see the strongest product growth (27%). Meanwhile, investments such as whole fund services, not tied to a benchmark, came in second (17%), while crypto products and high-income products were next (11%). The survey clarified that increasing ...

Talent attraction key to family office growth: KPMG

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
... driving an increase in demand for investment and management staff, according to KPMG's Australian Family Office Benchmark Report 2023. The survey, produced by KPMG together with Agreus and The Table Club, was conducted from late December 2022 to ...

Magellan performance halves across the board

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... George said there are signs of performance improvement, pointing to the Global Equities Strategy which outperformed the benchmark over the second half of the financial year and made $11 million in performance fees. "These figures reflect the changes ...

GQG hits $104.1bn on back of inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2023
... coupled with expansion in Australia. Carver added that each of GQG's flagship investment strategies outperformed its benchmark over every rolling five-year period since inception. He emphasised this consistent performance as a pivotal reason clients ...

Norway's sovereign wealth fund returns 10%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 AUG 2023
... energy infrastructure saw declines of 4.6% and 6.5% respectively. Also, the fund's overall performance trailed its benchmark index by 0.23%, a shortfall of $7.54 billion. Norges Bank Investment Management chief executive Nicolai Tangen attributed ...

Are indexes the next target for greenwashing investigations?

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 8 AUG 2023
... providers, warning them that in the FCA's general view, ESG disclosures are poor. "There were often instances where benchmark administrators did not provide sufficient detail and description of the ESG factors considered in their benchmark methodologies," ...

Pinnacle steadies FY23 profit, FUM

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 AUG 2023
... Riparian, Solaris and Spheria. Pinnacle named the Spheria Australian Microcap Fund as its star performer, outperforming its benchmark by delivering 12.4% over a five-year period, followed by Hyperion's Small Growth Companies Fund at 8.5% and the ...

ASIC sues Vanguard for greenwash in bond fund

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUL 2023
... provide a sufficiently detailed explanation that certain debt issuers lacking research coverage were still included in the benchmark," Vanguard said. "As a result, it is possible the portfolio held exposure to certain securities that may not have been ...

Brighter Super sees double-digit returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUL 2023
... equities and away from private equity, having solid performance across all asset classes, relative to the appropriate benchmark, supported performance versus our peers,'' Rider said. Rider added the merger of LGIAsuper and Energy Super in 2021 occurred ...