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Soul Patts to acquire LIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
... Corporation, as it chases liquidity for new acquisitions and better index participation. Milton Corporation (MLT) is an Aussie equities listed investment company (LIC) with about $3.7 billion in assets, $3.9 billion in market cap and about 670,000 shares ...

Rest appoints Aussie equities head

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
The industry superannuation fund has hired from Australian Catholic Superannuation and Retirement Fund as it continues its hiring spree for the internal investment team. Chris Drew has been named as head of Australian equities, overseeing the asset ...

The other side of the ETP growth story

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... pointed to the latest S&P SPIVA report which found that even when the markets were down during COVID-19 volatility, Aussie equities active managers largely failed to beat the benchmark. He said to the advisers in the audience that this should be pause ...

HESTA hires former Vanguard head

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2021
... Stephanie Watson joined the fund in 2020 as head of portfolio design and Steven Semczyszyn joined to lead the internal Aussie equities team. Long term, Sawtell-Rickson said HESTA will operate under a hybrid model with internal management alongside external ...

Aberdeen Standard rejigs Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
Aberdeen Standard Investments will relaunch its Australian equities fund, taking it from ESG to tighter SRI criteria. The $40 million fund managed by Michelle Lopez has so far used ESG criteria (which the firm says is embedded in all its strategies). ...

Changes on Lazard Aussie equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
Lazard's Select Australian Equity Fund has hired a new investment analyst, while a co-portfolio manager transitions away from the role. The $125 million fund has been co-managed by Rob Osborne, Phillip Hofflin, Warryn Robertson and Aaron Binsted ...

Perpetual promotes on Aussie equities team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
Perpetual has appointed deputy portfolio managers for its Australian equities long-short fund and for the smaller companies fund. The Perpetual Share-Plus Long-Short Fund is currently managed by Anthony Aboud. Perpetual has appointed Sean Roger as the ...

Industry fund awards $60m small caps mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... functions to external managers under new partnerships. Yarra Capital Management took over the management of its Aussie equities funds and CBRE Clarion took over the management of UBS Property Securities Fund. UBS AM's small caps team launched Eiger ...

Maple-Brown Abbott finetunes Aussie equities lineup

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
The Sydney boutique is winding up its geared Australian equities fund after underperformance and dwindling assets, while trimming the fees on two others. Maple-Brown Abbott 's Australian Geared Equity Fund has been around since 2002 and uses leverage ...

Global equities continue to soar: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2021
... category delivered a median return of 4.4% per annum for the period - lower than the S&P/ASX200's 5.2% per annum. Aussie equities small caps delivered 7.5% p.a., which is above the benchmark's 6.1% p.a. In global equities, active core products outperformed ...