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Fund managers adapt to market pain

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Aussie equities fund managers steadily improved in performance relative to benchmark from January to March, according to an updated SPIVA Australia Scorecard from S&P. In January, only 21.6% of Australian equities (general category) funds beat the benchmarks ...

Industry funds pulled back to the pack

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2020
... than the RBA," Bardsley said. He said the RBA's quantitative easing is not "creating the volumes that institutional fund managers need" to de-risk and rebalance exposures and raise cash. "As a result we have seen a significant increase in buy/sell spreads ...

Performance analyst jobs hold steady in COVID-19

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... analyst with a custodian can allow for career transitions into multiple front-office roles at superannuation funds, fund managers and investment consulting," the report reads. According to Kaizen, an entry-level performance analysts can expect to be ...

HESTA awards investment data mandate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... HESTA's middle and back offices and investment consulting providers, as well as the fund's more than 100 external fund managers. "Key features, including management of complex fund structures and extensive drill through and look through capabilities ...

Opportunity for the brave: High yield credit

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2020
... a relatively illiquid asset in normal market environments and extremely illiquid in times of stress," he said. "Fund managers who manage assets in the space like to note that it is higher up in the capital structure than equity and therefore would have ...

Hedge fund with zero correlation to equities to launch

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2020
... been profitable but their correlations to equities have been stable, exactly as we designed," Norden said. "Some fund managers suffered when correlations changed during the recent sell-off but our trades all functioned as we had expected." To do this ...

Northern Trust touts new ESG tool to instos

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... sides: via the superannuation fund's custody/fund accounting or by requesting portfolio compositions from external fund managers using PEEK-THRU. "Pressure came from the EU and APAC, where they are more focused on ESG. US is just starting to think about ...

Aussie equities winners, losers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... to their longevity, stability, and consistency over the past decade," Morningstar said. "Importantly, all three fund managers have relatively small but highly talented investment teams which rigorously apply a proven process but are also amongst the ...

Boutique launches new Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... of the co-PMs alongside Millner. Culbert said it's a good time to launch the fund despite COVID-19 as other fund managers in the small caps category run out of capacity and the correction creates buying opportunities. "While we appreciate this is ...

Consumers looking for reassurance: MetLife

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... Stafford said. The research found transparent communications, including what options are available and reassurance that fund managers have experience in navigating through a financial downturn are top requirements from members and investors alike. MetLife ...