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Advisers more bearish than clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... slightly. 2020 is the first time we observe planners being less optimistic than retail investors in their outlook for domestic stocks," Investment Trends research director Recep Peker said. Surveying advisers, Investment Trends found 63% of advisers ...

Impact investing in healthcare: American Century

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... financial and social impact objectives can simultaneously be achieved," he said. The US$1.66 billion fund seeks quality stocks by incorporating acceleration, relative strength, and valuation. "What's unique about it is the cross action between financial ...

ESG crisis returns overcooked: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... research says there is no evidence that ESG scores contributed anything beyond traditional models. In ESG Didn't Immunize Stocks Against the Covid-19 Market Crash, published this month, four academics led by Elizabeth Demers from University of Waterloo ...

VanEck to launch four new ETFs

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 24 AUG 2020
... management fee. The ETF will track the MarketGrader Developed Markets (ex-Australia) Health Care index, which aims to invest in stocks that deliver growth at a reasonable price to generate long-term shareholder value. VanEck managing director and head ...

Several promoted at Yarra Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2020
... capability, has been promoted to co-portfolio manager alongside Katie Hudson. Steele has been responsible for analysing Ex-100 stocks and the information technology sector within the Australian equities team. He has 12 years' industry experience ...

Contango dumps investment strategy, opens raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... earnings growth, lower dividend yields, lower capital growth in the mid-cap sector and ongoing outperformance of growth stocks. Over one year the LIC had an NTA return of -20.75% and a total return of -16.51%. The last six months were no better with ...

Asset managers still bearish, but less so

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... half. Investors rewarded companies with strong growth characteristics, low levels of debt and positive momentum, with value stocks continuing to be left on the sidelines in both the first and second quarters. High dividend yielding companies were also ...

Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... freshly-minted partnership with Northcape Capital. Warakirri is launching a new global emerging markets fund that invests in 20-40 stocks. It is managed by Northcape, whose emerging market strategy has delivered 7.4% p.a. higher than the benchmark from ...

Global manager launches China A-shares fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... China A-shares fund to local institutional and wholesale investors. Its China A-shares fund holds a portfolio of 30-50 stocks, with at least two thirds of the assets in mainland China stocks with the rest in H shares or ADRs (a trust structure than allow ...

Perpetual launches two ESG funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... equities funds from Trillium for the Australia and New Zealand market. The first, Trillium ESG Global Equity Fund hold 70-150 stocks, excluding fossil fuels and integrating ESG research. Perpetual has set the fees at 89bps per year (plus 15bps buy/sell ...