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EAM Investors wins first Australian mandate

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... mandate. IOOF Investments has added the fund manager's Emerging Markets Small Cap Strategy to its IOOF MultiMix global equities multi-manager structure. EAM said emerging markets small cap stocks are often underrepresented within institutional investors' ...

Passive investors probably not Marxist parasites: MSCI

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 SEP 2016
... opportunity set rather than the whole." He noted that if institutional investors just wanted to capture the majority of global equities at market cap weights, they could simply track the MSCI ACWI IMI index; instead they tend to be more specific. "Therefore ...

Instos seeking smart carbon plays

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2016
A global equities manager says divesting out of stranded assets and reinvesting in energy efficiency-driven companies is a strategy resonating with institutional investors. Impax Asset Management managing director and co-head of listed equities, Bruce ...

NZ Super Fund posts decent full-year return

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2016
... 1.89% (after costs, before NZ tax) in the year to 30 June 2016. Performance was hampered by negative returns in global equities but the investment committee was still able to add value versus the passive reference portfolio benchmark return of 0.52%. ...

Parametric keeps value factors in check

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... specialist Parametric is pitching to Australian superannuation funds with a factor-based investment strategy for global equities that targets the value factor. Parametric chief investment officer Paul Bouchey was in Australia recently to meet super funds ...

Global equity managers not currency selectors

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... analyses both stock level and fund level data, identifying a number of opportunities to earn superior returns from global equities. Schmidt said opportunities typically include investments in: Smaller stocks, which tend to outperform larger stocks; Companies ...

Fund managers must offer genuine partnerships

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
... a slow route to profitability, according to GQG Partners chairman and chief investment officer Rajiv Jain. The global equities portfolio manager, whose impressive track record managing international equity and emerging markets funds for Vontobel Asset ...

Proliferation of global equity products meet investor demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... to growing investor demand for global exposure and a variety of different strategies. Lonsec Research's recent Global Equities Sector Review showed that 2015-16 saw 172 different global equity products rated, with 25 new products added since the previous ...

BNP partner wins $240m global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
A BNP Paribas strategic partner has secured a $240 million global equities super mandate. Carnegie Asset Management, which currently manages over $17 billion worldwide, will provide a high conviction, active global growth equity strategy to VicSuper. ...

NGS awards $300m mandate

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2016
Industry super fund NGS Super has awarded a $300 million mandate to an Australian global equities manager. Independently owned Bell Asset Management has been awarded the $300 million global equity mandate and will work closely with NGS to manage the ...