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Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... Stevanovic, Yarra Capital Management portfolio manager and director Katie Hudson, and First Sentier Investors head of Australian small and mid-cap companies Dawn Kanelleas. The trio scored highly on the analysts' People rating, one of three assessment ...

Simple strategies to overcome gender super gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... longer-term wealth building is on the back burner. "This is completely understandable given the broader economy, but there are small shifts women can do now that can have really big returns down the track," she said. "For instance, consolidating your ...

Government to pay super on paid parental leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... accessing the scheme. It equates to about $106 a week, based on the present rate of PPL of $882.75. While the impact may be small, it will go some way towards closing the gender super gap. Currently, women retire with as much as 25% less in super. The ...

Coalition appoints shadow assistant treasurer, financial services minister

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... shadow minister for defence personnel and now replaces Stuart Robert as shadow assistant treasurer. "Luke understands that small business is the backbone of the Australian economy. He has previously run a family business before entering Parliament and ...

Family offices still love hedge funds: Preqin

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
The number of family office investors allocating to hedge funds increased by 10% from 2022 to 2023, and has doubled since 2015, according to new research by Preqin. The Preqin Fundraising from Family Offices report stated that family offices across ...

Blackwattle Partners launches global fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... equity offering has been a focus for the fund manager since last year. Already, Blackwattle has five funds including the Small Cap Quality Fund, the Mid Cap Quality Fund, the Long-Short 130/30 Quality Fund, the Large Cap Quality Fund, and the Small Cap ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... in 2018 and 20% in 2023 - which is below the average of 22% for the long-term period between 2007 and 2023. In the mid-to-small-cap space, 64% of actively managed funds beat the index which gained 7.8% in 2023. Meanwhile, active bond managers had an ...

Realindex Investments marks 15 years with rebrand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... long-term global growth, "given the breadth of our strategies which include global equities, emerging markets and global small companies." "Although our name has changed, we remain unwavering in our steady conviction in our active investment capabilities ...

HNWI collecting activity stoops: Knight Frank

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... that while the value of the HAGI Top Index was up 22% in 2022, a retreat of 6% in 2023 wasn't all that bad. "It's a very small market, so it only takes a minor change in portfolio allocations to have an effect, and there has also probably been a degree ...

Pallas Capital, Ares launch $500m lending fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
... falls between the very narrow lending focus of the major banks. He said that many non-bank lenders prefer to focus on very small CRE loans or much larger loan exposures of over $50 million. "We expect to increase lending volumes substantially given the ...