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Best managed funds, ETFs named

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 4 DEC 2020
... (11.92% for the year and 7.13% p.a. over five years). In emerging markets equities, the Fidelity Global Emerging Markets Fund (1.69% for the year and 9.14% p.a. for five years) was the best performer. Fixed income and rest Moving to fixed income, Niko ...

Ironbark to wind up emerging markets fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... Fidelity Global Emerging Markets (13.1% p.a.), Capital Group New World Fund (12% p.a.) and Schroders Global Emerging Markets Fund (8.2% p.a.). Five of the 22 had negative returns for the period - meaning investors ended up with less money than they put ...

AMP Capital bids farewell to active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 NOV 2020
... (Managed Fund) (GLIN); AMP Capital Global Property Securities Fund (Managed Fund) (RENT) and AMP Capital Dynamic Markets Fund (Hedge Fund) (DMKT). Together, they had just $55.3 million in assets at September end. This included GLIN's $28 million ...

Active managers grapple with EM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 OCT 2020
... percentage points higher than the benchmark. Capital Group New World Fund (12% p.a.) and Schroders Global Emerging Markets Fund (8.2% p.a.) were the next best performers. At the other end of the spectrum, five funds recorded losses over three years ranging ...

Warakirri launches retail funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 AUG 2020
... retail funds from its freshly-minted partnership with Northcape Capital. Warakirri is launching a new global emerging markets fund that invests in 20-40 stocks. It is managed by Northcape, whose emerging market strategy has delivered 7.4% p.a. higher ...

Partners Group hires from GSFM

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
The global private markets fund manager has hired multi-boutique GSFM's head of research and key accounts. Shaun Thomas joined Partners Group last week, as a client relationship manager. He reports to Partners Group's local head of retail Jonathan ...

Legg Mason subsidiary cuts performance fees

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2020
... 0.05% (a reduction of 0.08% and 0.10% respectively). The manager has also reduced the spreads on its RARE Emerging Markets Fund to 0.14% / 0.17%. RARE has also introduced new sector designations for both renewables and energy infrastructure. "These changes ...

Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
New data has revealed that hedge funds around the globe staged a recovery in April, with a positive aggregate return of more than 5%. It follows a disappointing March, with almost all the hedge funds tracked by a global database and analytics tool in ...

BlackRock lead portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
BlackRock's lead portfolio manager for many Asian equities strategies has left for a role at a local boutique manager. Andrew Swan, who was based in Hong Kong, joined BlackRock in 2011 and was most recently the head of BlackRock's Asia and global emerging ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... dislocation can create opportunities, especially for the active investor, according to LGM Investment's Global Emerging Markets Fund lead portfolio manager, Rishi Patel. "Emerging markets are borrowers and developed markets are lenders; whenever ...