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Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
Rainmaker research revealed that over the three years to June 2019 the median managers in all active investment categories underperformed their respective benchmark returns. The research looked at active core, high performance and small companies funds. ...

BlackRock backs lifestyle, marketing firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019
Following an investment of more than $1.2 billion, BlackRock now holds the biggest stake in the new owner of Sports Illustrated magazine. Entities affiliated with BlackRock's Long Term Private Capital (LTPC) fund made a strategic investment in Authentic ...

Impact investing under threat

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2019
Advocates of impact investing are in fear for the future of the movement, issuing warnings about the dangers of impact-washing. A recent analysis of green themed funds around the globe found 85% make unsubstantiated and misleading impact-related claims ...

Brookfield acquires 62% of Oaktree Capital

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... founders, senior management, and current employee-unitholders of Oaktree Capital Group Holdings, the holder of all outstanding Class B units of Oaktree as well as a direct interest in certain Oaktree operating entities, will sell to Brookfield 20% of ...

Boutique manager expands research team

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... class A (base fee option of 1.5%) has returned 11.2% which is 0.2% above the benchmark MSCI AC World Accum Index (AUD). Class B (performance fee option, 1.10% plus 15% of excess returns over benchmark with a high watermark) has returned 2.3% above benchmark. ...

Cbus aims to reduce costs through internalisation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
In a speech at the Master Builders Australia National Leaders Summit in Canberra, Cbus chief investment officer Kristian Fok said his fund aims to manage at least 35% of its assets internally by 2022, thereby reducing costs by about 18 basis points. ...

IMF ramps up funding for CBA class action

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Shareholders in the class action against the Commonwealth Bank will receive funding from two IMF Bentham investment vehicles with aggregated capital of $150 million, moving a potentially record-breaking class action against the bank one step closer. ...

Financial Standard names Investment Leadership Award winners

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2017
Financial Standard is proud to announce the winners of its first Investment Leadership Awards in recognition of investment managers' strategies that have persistently delivered outstanding investment solutions and outcomes. The Investment Leadership ...

Aussie super maintains good grades

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
Australia's $2.3 trillion retirement income system remains world-class but maintaining its global top-three status is proving ever more difficult. The 2017 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, released today, shows that for the second consecutive ...

The 50 names you need to follow

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
Here they are - the 54 names you need to follow at the AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference. Yes there are more than 100 speakers over the next three days but if you cover off these 54 names above, then Financial Standard believes you're likely to collect ...