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Top equities managers revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Former Ausbil microcap managers Tony Waters and Chris Prunty have come out on top of Mercer's Australian Shares Investment Manager Performance ranking, after their QVG Capital Long Short fund returned 29.3% for the year. Hyperion Australian Growth and ...

Growth outplays value: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
Growth continued to outperform value according to a new study by Frontier Advisers looking at the performance of fund managers in the final quarter of 20109/20. In a note released to its clients, Frontier reported that growth-focused managers outstripped ...

Best, worst performing Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
Morningstar has revealed the Australian equities funds that topped and tanked during the March quarter, which ended with S&P/ASX 200 falling nearly 30% from its February 20 all-time high. The quarter saw the main benchmarks for large cap Australian ...

Ellerston LIC chair resigns

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
Ashok Jacob has resigned as the chair of the $143 million Ellerston Asian Investments, as another Ellerston LIC looks to delist after being pursued by an activist investor. Ellerston Asian Investments (EAI) will now be chaired by Bill Best, who has ...

Pendal cuts fees on equities fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
Pendal has dropped the fees on a $334 million global emerging markets equities fund by 22bps. The Pendal Global Emerging Markets Opportunity Fund lowered its issuer fees from 1.40% per year to 1.18% per year, effective last Thursday. The fund is managed ...

CFA hopefuls at record high

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
More than 250,000 candidates are seeking a chartered financial analyst (CFA) credential this year, which the CFA Institute says is a record high. The number of candidates appearing for Level I, II or III exams are up 11% over the last year. CFA Institute ...

AMP Capital adds to student living portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 NOV 2018
AMP Capital entered a long-term agreement to manage the first student accommodation facilities to be offered at the University of Melbourne. The investment manager, via the AMP Capital Diversified Infrastructure Trust, will manage the refurbishment ...

Are SMSF investors too conservative?

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
The view that self-managed superannuation funds with less than $1 million in assets are likely to underperform APRA-regulated funds says more about SMSF asset allocation then it does for where individual members fit inside Australia's $2.6 trillion ...

Fees for no service compensation unfinished business: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAY 2018
Newly-minted ASIC chair James Shipton said there will be more consumer compensation to come over fees for no service financial advice. Three months into his role, Shipton addressed the annual Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) conference ...

Ignition appoints new chief executive

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAR 2018
Australian-based digital tech firm Ignition Advice is welcoming a new chief executive as the outgoing leader moves his focus to the company's global expansion. Previous Ignition Wealth chief executive and co-founder Mark Fordree is moving into an ...