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Why active managers are falling behind in emerging markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... equities. "The dispersion in active returns year on year is significant - it is not uncommon for the difference between the top manager and the bottom manager to be 45% over a single 12-month period," he said. The research found while single factor strategies ...

Institutional investors shift gears amid 'new market regime'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... economic slowdown. "Across all fixed income segments, corporate debt is attracting interest from investors. Corporates were the top choice for investors allocating to investment-grade and below investment-grade fixed income markets as well as private ...

Listed companies drive economy's momentum: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... So, that's what we've done." This is to avoid idiosyncratic risk. Looking at the one-year forward valuation of the top 100 listed stocks, Bruce's analysis calculates it to be roughly 15x, which is about the long-term average. Furthermore, he ...

Investors being influenced by the 'Powell pivot'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... "Managers...have navigated duration positioning satisfactorily but do not demonstrate clear evidence of skillfully timing top-down duration bets. "Beating the benchmark does not define 'success,' especially in sectors where the majority of managers have ...

Inaugural CSLR levy slugs advisers $18.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... sector years ago, there won't be a financial advice sector left to have confidence in," she said. "Coming as it does on top flies in the face of making advice more accessible and affordable for consumers, which is the stated aim of our government." ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces new investment strategy and options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... investment menu, they told us performance, fees, sustainable investing and the ability to choose the right level of risk were top priority - all of which remained front of mind when we worked to streamline these choice investment options," Vincent said. ...

Perpetual adds director, institutional business

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... colleagues and forging new connections as I embark on this exciting new chapter," she said. Meantime, HMC Capital has hired a top property specialist to raise capital from local, regional and global institutions. Fergal Harris brings almost three decades ...

Female fund managers boast 1.2% alpha

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... track record, Morningstar said. "The fund's performance is commendable through nearly every rolling period, noting second- and top-quartile performance through the rolling five-, 10-, and 15-year periods. Under Stevanovic's qualitative lead, the fund ...

Equip Super set to hire top chief experience officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
Equip Super is the latest super fund to reshuffle its leadership team as it redoubles its efforts to improve the superannuation experience for members. The revamp will see the departure of two key executives and the arrival of new chief experience officer ...

Alex Dunnin bids farewell to Rainmaker

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
After 26 years, Rainmaker Information's co-founder and Financial Standard 's resident superannuation guru is going back to school - kind of. Today marks Rainmaker executive director, research Alex Dunnin's final day with the business, retiring from ...