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Best Australian equities funds, with risk considered

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUN 2020
... p.a. and Sharpe and Omega Ratios of -0.2%. In the high performance category, Australian Unity Platypus Australian Equities Fund had the best annualised return (8.7%) and Sharpe Ratio (0.4) and Omega Ratio (1.6). Lazard's Defensive Australian Equity ...

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 ...

COVID-19 ETP market winners, losers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... products with the highest traded value to assets ratio also belonged to BetaShares. The BetaShares Geared Australian Equities Fund and BetaShares US Equities Strong Bear Fund had trading ratios of 8.8 and 4.7 respectively. Rainmaker analysis indicates ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... strategies, large cap losers: Nikko AM Australian Share Concentrated, Nikko AM Australian Share and Yarra Australian Equities Fund. All are value driven strategies. "The Nikko AM strategies traditionally have large weightings to the financial services ...

What's next for income-focused funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
... others," he said. If dividends fall, there's options Vertium chief investment officer Jason Teh runs an Australian equities fund focused on generating income, and he is not making any major portfolio changes to harvest dividends better in the post-COVID ...

Colonial First State ups cash for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
Colonial First State is temporarily allowing three of its Australian equities funds to hold more cash than their investment mandates, as the ASX 200 reported its worst day ever yesterday. The $2.9 billion Colonial First State Wholesale Geared Share ...

Volatility hits super funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2020
The current volatility of global financial markets is taking its toll on some of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Latest Rainmaker analysis of superannuation returns and unit pricing shows Australia's large superannuation funds aren't ...

Coronavirus is an investment opportunity: Fidelity

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2020
... darlings at discounted prices. That's according to Paul Taylor, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Australian Equities Fund. "Coronavirus will impact economies, markets and lives - but when you look at it from a market perspective, it's important ...

Clime launches new SMA portfolios

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2020
... "Clime's investment management team collectively has more than 150 years' experience and our All Cap Australian Equities Fund was ranked in the top five performing funds in the country in 2019 by Mercer. "Bringing this capability and expertise ...

Boutique launches global equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
A boutique founded by former Goldman Sachs equities investors is launching a new global equities fund. Auscap Asset Management was co-founded in 2012 by Tim Carleton and Matthew Parker who were both executive directors at Goldman Sachs, responsible ...