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Family offices up active management, eye generative AI: UBS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... allocations to developed market bonds by the largest amount seen in five years, reintroducing greater balance between bonds and equities. On average, they allocated 16% to developed market bonds in 2023, up from just 12% in 2022, and plan to maintain ...

Fidelity confirms active ETFs to launch in coming weeks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... to make a class of units available on the ASX for these four strategies, it did the same for the Fidelity Australian Equities Fund, Fidelity China Fund, Fidelity Global Equities Fund, and the Fidelity Hedged Global Equities Fund, signalling that these ...

GQG completes acquisition of three boutiques

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... acquire the boutiques for US$71.25 million. The new private capital business will operate independently from GQG's global equities business but will capitalise on GQG's existing global distribution network.

CalSTRS appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... University of California, Office of the chief investment officer of the Regents, where he oversaw the US$55 billion global equities portfolio. While at the university, he sat on the investment committees of the Los Alamos and Livermore National Laboratories ...

Price dislocations pave way for active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... market environment that we think is going to be favourable for being active," she said. Many investors would argue that equities appear too expensive now, particularly the Magnificent Seven stocks of Tesla, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Nvidia, and ...

Australia requires swifter settlement cycle: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
... are seriously considering a move to T+1. The ASX recently released a whitepaper, Considerations for accelerating cash equities settlement in Australia to T+1, which canvasses industry players to weigh up the pros and cons of moving to T+1, asking for ...

Spaceship expands Voyager suite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Spaceship said. The Explorer portfolio invests in a mix of defensive assets like cash and bonds, with some exposure to equities for growth. It is targeting conservative returns over a minimum three-year timeframe. The holdings include a range of iShares ...

Australian Food Super closes failed investment option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... International Shares. The current Shares option is a split asset class investment option, 50% of which is invested in Australian equities while the other 50% is in global shares. Australian Food Super said it is making the change as it believes "this ...

Rahmani takes up post at Magellan

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2024
... finishing April with $1 billion less in funds under management (FUM) to hit another low of $36.3 billion. Its global equities strategy FUM decreased $600 million, while its infrastructure and Australian equities strategies both retracted by $200 million ...

The top investment funds over the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... top-performing investment funds for the year ending March 31 have been announced, with all being ETFs focused on international equities. The BetaShares Crypto Innovators ETF (ASX: CRYP), with $158 million in net assets, led the pack with a 163.8% return ...