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Low-cost funds outperform in most asset classes: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... small-cap equities have equally returned 28%. The outlier is attributed to consistent missteps in stock selection by active managers, as measured using the information ratio, the report stated. "In contrast, the most expensive quintile was hampered by ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... factors and volatile market conditions went in favour of active management when it comes to Australian bonds. Active managers performed best over 10 years at 2% versus 1.9% as at the end of June 2024. "Active funds in the fixed-income domain have more ...

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 ...

Major global trends impacting advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... 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 active managers ...

Asset managers need to improve performance: Morningstar

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... private equity, and specialised fixed-income strategies. In contrast, flows into equities managed by traditional active managers remained weak and were likely to stay subdued in the long term. "With passive shops using scale to lower prices to attract ...

'Challenging period' for active managers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
... the very largest companies, the first half of 2024 proved to be a particularly difficult market environment for active managers across developed equity markets," the report said. "A majority of global equity funds domiciled in the US, Europe, Japan ...

Passive funds save $14.4bn in fees: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... months [to March]," Rainmaker said. Burns added that higher investment costs diminish returns, especially for active managers who aim to outperform markets. "The higher the investment costs, the higher the odds of market underperformance. A high percentage ...

Top 10 Australian share funds of FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... strategies. This came despite the continued strength of the big four banks which have been causing headaches for many active managers that have been underweight this cohort due to share prices," Reilly said. "Over the full financial year, more than half ...

Positives remain at Perpetual, says Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... Perpetual's performance was to its rivals. "Perpetual's worsening net outflows over fiscal 2024 contrast with other active managers and wealth platforms, which reported improved flows toward the end of the fiscal year as prospects of rate cuts ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... from long-term funds shrank in the UK and the main European cross-border markets, while barely growing in the US. Active managers bore the brunt; estimated revenues fell 7% for the UK and cross-border managers and 2% for US managers. "... the thirst ...