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Family offices to splash cash in APAC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
... not APAC family offices are investing actively or passively, the report found the region had the smallest proportion of passive investors - just 22% of family offices are managing their equity portfolios passively. This is compared to the US, where it's ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... While age-based personalised strategies incorporate financial goals and risk tolerance, lifecycle investing follows a more passive approach, adjusting allocations based on age. Despite the difference, it's notable that the median default lifecycle investment ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... case for active management, and the active manager will always be around. We run active funds as well. It's not just passive. So, the active manager is going to continue to be there," Hannah said. "But I think now there's ways to easily assess ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Perpetual head of investment strategy Matt Sherwood has warned that passive investors banking on a repeat of the past 15 years of very strong global equity returns may be sleepwalking into a decade of disappointment. Sherwood said the past decade of ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... emergency demanding decisive action, Global SWF said the Labor government is repurposing the Future Fund as more than just a passive investment vehicle. The government is giving the Future Fund a new mandate to prioritise investments in national priorities ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... resolve the deeper structural issues dogging traditional active managers, including fee pressure and market share loss to passive investment vehicles like ETFs, according to Morningstar. Last week, Platinum announced it was in discussions to merge with ...

Mantis to distribute new micro cap offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... micro-cap companies face," Canham said. "We see this part of the market as very under-researched and below the radar of the passive investor cohort. Valuations are as attractive as I have seen across my career." Farwerck added: "Our ability to maintain ...

Blue Owl completes local private wealth team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... the region. Blue Owl employs 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 ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
After a stretch that's favoured equities, particularly passive strategies, which hasn't bode well for active management or diversified portfolios, the tide is beginning to turn, according to Cbus deputy chief investment officer Leigh Gavin. Gavin said ...

Which fund managers are making the most from investor fees?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... including self-directed investors, financial advisers, and institutions are using a range of its investment solutions - passive, smart beta, and actively managed funds - to build sophisticated portfolios. "As a result, our broad range of funds are being ...