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Active managers outperform in limited asset classes, fall short in survivorship

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
Active fund managers tend to outperform their passive counterparts in certain categories like Australian equity income and bonds, but the latter has better survivorship rates, according to Morningstar's latest Active/Passive Barometer report. The analysis ...

Major themes impacting systematic investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 NOV 2024
... in this environment. Over the past 12 months, 46% of systematic investors reported outperformance over both traditional active approaches and market-weighted strategies, contrasting with underperformance of just 8% and 6% respectively. Additionally ...

Bell Financial Group bids $51m for SelfWealth

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... represents an 83% premium on SelfWealth's November 12 closing share price of 12 cents. SelfWealth has nearly 130,000 active portfolios and funds under administration (FUA) of about $11 billion. The transaction will see BFG's FUA rise to $94 billion. ...

Platinum exec pay hit with second strike

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2024
... Simpson as directors. Last month, 88% of Perpetual shareholders voted against adopting the remuneration report, hitting the active fund manager with its first strike amid poor performance and drooping funds under management.

intelliflo partners with Capital Preferences

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
Financial advice technology provider intelliflo has partnered with client engagement platform Capital Preferences. Capital Preferences will provide interactive assessments to help advisers better understand client preferences backed by science and behavioural ...

Perpetual reveals decade of philanthropy insights

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... nature of legacy foundations," and alignment of philanthropic giving to family values, beliefs, and interest areas. "Many active philanthropists have adopted a strategic approach to their giving, with a clear vision of the types of organisations, causes ...

New PGIM chief executive named

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2024
Prudential Financial has appointed a former Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM) executive to lead its US$1.4 trillion global asset management business, PGIM. Effective 1 May 2025, Jacques Chappuis will lead PGIM as president and chief executive. ...

GQG's FUM pulls back, breaks six-month streak

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... 63.9%. Earlier this year, GQG managing director Laird Abernethy told Financial Standard that scepticism around whether active mangers can consistently outperform is fair, as many simply don't. GQG's strategies, however, belong to an exclusive ...

Commonwealth Super reports strong investment performance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2024
... officer Alison Tarditi said the fund's performance stems from a disciplined process of agile opportunity capture and pro-active risk management, adding that these strategic capabilities have enabled it to invest early into future-fit real assets - before ...

US election to add to inflation woes: Experts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
... - urbanisation, rising consumption and a growing, aspirational population - remain true," Brewis said. "We believe that active stock picking based on a fundamental bottom-up approach, with an awareness of macro factors, is the best way for investors ...