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GROW Inc. chief executive steps down

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2024
Mathew Keeley, the co-founder of GROW Inc., is stepping down as chief executive of the budding administrator. Keeley informed staff of his decision this week, appointing executive chair Rob Johnston as acting chief executive. Brad Cooper has been named ...

Warakirri terminates Flinders fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... small caps and pledged to achieve a 3% outperformance of the benchmark over a rolling period of three years through an active, research-based approach. The investment manager of the fund, Flinders Investment Partners, previously flagged that small-cap ...

Barings brings first Australian private credit fund to life

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... from our current portfolio, despite the fact that there has been a decrease in M&A activity," he said. "As one of the most active lenders in the region with over 13 years of track record and a diversified portfolio, we are well-positioned to capitalize ...

UBS terminates Future Leaders small cap fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
UBS has pulled the plug on its Future Leaders Global Small Companies Fund, less than two years after its Australian launch. The fund, which was an actively managed global strategy of 40 to 60 small cap "future leader" stocks, designed to provide investors ...

UniSuper offers plenty to like, says Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... long-term returns," Morningstar said. "... stock and manager selection within asset classes has been consistently strong, while active asset allocation choices have delivered modest results over the three years to June 2024," it said. Over a three-year ...

EQT wins RE mandates for FIIG Securities, Nanuk AM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... vehicles. EQT has been handed RE mandates for the FIIG Monthly Income Fund and the Nanuk New World Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF. EQT executive general manager, corporate and superannuation trustee services Andrew Godfrey said he is delighted to ...

Active managers find no saviour in dual access products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
Active managers see dual access products as their ticket to a booming distribution channel, amid the ongoing secular decline of the unit trust industry. However, if they're hoping exchange-traded products (ETPs) will be a saviour - or at least a ...

CFS unveils fund manager, fee changes to FirstChoice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... Core Australian Equity, Geared Global Equity, and Global Equity options; Aspect's Absolute Return option; Ausbil's Active Sustainable Equity option; and Baillie Gifford's Sustainable Growth option. From November 1, the FirstChoice Wholesale ...

Global equity, AREIT managers biggest underperformers: S&P Dow Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... 85%. Vanguard chief investment officer for Asia Pacific Duncan Burns commented the SPIVA scorecard highlights that most active fund managers are not talented enough or sufficiently different to outperform the returns from the share market and explains ...

Major global trends impacting advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... equities and private equity. Schroders said investors were committed to their long-term investment strategy (45%) and believed active managers should help them outperform passive in the current environment (61.3%). Similarly, 72.5% of advisers agreed ...