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T. Rowe Price brings research equity strategy down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... equity market by holding between 750 and 1000 stocks, the manager said. It offers a low tracking error alternative to passive allocations and is structured to be similar to those of the MSCI All Country World ex Australia Net Index, with stock selection ...

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... difficult to maintain, especially amid regulatory and market pressures. "The Your Future, Your Super regime and the rise of passive investing have redefined 'risk' as simply not holding enough of the largest index constituents, such as CBA. This has ...

Blue Owl adds to local team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... real estate. The firm delivers unique strategies that set it apart, including its GP strategic capital - where it takes passive minority states as general partners - and its real estate platforms. It has done about 70% of the transactions and dominates ...

Platinum, L1 merger to help fight 'organic business decline'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... challenges facing traditional active managers like Platinum and L1 remain - namely, fee pressure and market share loss to passive vehicles such as ETFs," he said. "We retain our fair value estimate of $0.50 per share for no-moat Platinum. While we see ...

MLC AM delivers real returns for members in FY25

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2025
... still want to keep our equities at least at neutral," he said. MLC MySuper, for example, mandates a mix of active and passive managers. "We have about 60% in what we call 'enhanced passive managers', which are lower risk quantitative managers ...

Old challenges push asset managers to inflection point: Citi

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Asset managers continue to face existential challenges amid the rise of passive funds, fee compression and difficulty in generating alpha, a new report from Citi shows, forcing them to rethink their business models and value propositions in the future. ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... focus on outperformance, Doyle said investors are prioritising adaptability, whilst raising questions about the value of passive approaches in periods of greater unpredictability. "Against the backdrop of trade and geopolitical uncertainty, investment ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Fidelity International has unveiled its first global equity separately managed account (SMA) in Australia, with support from private wealth partner Emanuel Whybourne & Loehr. The Fidelity Global Top 50 ex Australia Portfolio draws on the firm's global ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... 300, he said there's clear evidence concentration risks are abound. "The Australian index is now extremely concentrated. Passive, index investors are currently knowingly or unknowingly allocating a huge part of their exposure to banks, which are trading ...

Responsible investing buoyed by instos: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... collective purpose." Hegarty added that responsible investing touches all corners of finance. From private markets to passive strategies to credit - ESG tools can be integrated rigorously and credibly across a spectrum of asset classes. The latest Benchmark ...