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Global firm builds Aussie equities team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
A global investment manager appointed four new portfolio managers to its Australian equities team, joining from the likes of Vanguard, BlackRock and IFM Investors. Joining Invesco's Melbourne-based Invesco Quantitative Strategies (IQS) group are Neil ...

Lennox launches micro-cap fund

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
Fidante-aligned Australian equities boutique Lennox Capital Partners is launching a new micro-cap fund. The Lennox Australian Microcap Fund will hold between 20 and 40 Australian and New Zealand companies and aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Small Ordinaries ...

Defensive bias hurting SMSF performance: Research

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 FEB 2018
... assets make up about 20% of the equivalent MySuper product. SMSFs also have a much larger weighting towards Australian equities and cash. SuperGuard 360 explained: "As a result, it is expected that SMSF portfolios will continue to underperform while ...

Industry fund on the hunt for investment operations boss

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 9 FEB 2018
... to the expanded infrastructure team, Cbus is also "developing new strategies for opportunistic growth and Australian equities." He added that the candidate for the new role should be "someone with exceptional leadership and relationship management skills ...

Market volatility ideal for fundamental investors: Expert

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2018
An Australian equities expert believes the recent volatility on Wall Street and the ASX signifies an investment opportunity for fund managers that target fundamental valuations. Nikko Asset Management head of Australian equities Brad Potter described ...

Magellan acquires US and Australian fund managers

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2018
... distribution capabilities. The Australian manager is the $6 billion Airlie Funds Management, which specialises in Australian equities and was founded by John Sevior and Matt Williams in 2012. As part of the acquisition, Magellan intends to launch the ...

Responsible investment here to stay: Experts

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 1 FEB 2018
... head of wealth management research Nathan Lim said when you compare the average returns of funds investing in Australian equities using an ESG component against the broader market "we see that at the end of 2016 the former outperformed the latter for ...

Fund manager chief executive moves to QIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2018
... has executed a senior hire in its global multi-asset division, appointing the chief executive of a boutique Australian equities fund manager. Joining QIC is Allison Hill. Most recently Hill was the chief executive at DMP Asset Management where she led ...

Active manager diversity breeds performance: WTW

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2018
... benchmark. As a result, the WTW research recommended that investors "diversify the manager line-up." WTW head of Australian equities Leslie Mao conceded that there can be multiple reasons for underperformance, including home equity bias, investors imposing ...

Clime IM appoints private wealth head from Suncorp

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 23 JAN 2018
... million) and listed investment company Clime Capital ($284 million). In 2017, Clime purchased $130 million Australian equities boutique CBG Asset Management for $3.6 million. CBG principal Ronni Chalmers joined Clime's management team and said at the ...