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Fresh fundies outperform

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... same time periods. The index has returned -0.6% per annum since July 2018. For context, the top performing small cap Australian equities fund that Rainmaker tracks over a one-year basis was OC's Micro-Cap Fund, returning 31.4% to August 31. This ...

Chief economist update: Budget me this Batman

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2020
... dying... or our economy is. This is evidenced in recent stat and survey indicators before the Budget reveal. The Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance indices provide a snapshot of the country's manufacturing, services and construction ...

Chief economist update: Morrison manufactures Australia's future

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 2 OCT 2020
... energy projects as well as resources technologies. Great Scott's announcement came at the same time as the Australian Industry Group's (AiG) performance of manufacturing index dropped back to 46.7 points in September, with the indicative contraction ...

The fundies of tomorrow

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 14 SEP 2020
... Australians. Doron Haifer was inspired by the student run university endowment funds in the USA when he established Australian Students Asset Management (ASAM) in 2018. "Only two universities in Australia had student funds that were available to selected ...

Perpetual profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... generated returns in excess of their benchmarks," he said. These included Perpetual's multi-asset funds, several of its Australian equities strategies, as well as its Global Innovation Fund. Credit and fixed income strategies have recovered well since ...

State Street to launch ESG ETF

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... and incorporates best in class ESG screening to include companies that are in the top 75% of their industry group. "Australian investors are drawn to ETFs for their transparency and ability to offer diversification through a basket of securities in one ...

Real estate assets hit $316bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
Australian asset managers' total real estate assets under management hit $316 billion in 2019, up 4.7% from $301.8 billion in 2018. Goodman Group has retained its status as Australia's largest real estate fund manager by AUM, totalling $52 billion in ...

Super escapes COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
... segment fell by about the same in dollar terms. Explaining this, APRA figures show retail super to have 24% exposure to Australian equities compared to just 15% by not for profit (NFP) super funds. Industry funds were meanwhile insulated from listed ...

The blame game

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... the focus on "being average"; there is no room to change investment approaches. "One of the great successes of the Australian superannuation industry has been the diverse approaches to objective attainment, including funds "bucking the trend" by early ...

COVID-19 to push life premiums up: Rice Warner

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
Latest Rice Warner analysis shows the COVID-19 crisis is hitting an already suffering life insurance industry, hard. To survive, the industry will need to change. New analysis from research house Rice Warner reveals the life insurance sector will be ...