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UBS and Clarion launch global infrastructure fund

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... aimed at giving investors a stable income stream with a moderate - roughly 0.65, historically - correlation to global equities. It is also, as per UBS's statement, designed to "mitigate liquidity and accessibility challenges faced by investors in the ...

ETF market capitalisation continues to grow

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 25 OCT 2016
... complementary to existing strategies rather than substitutes?" Higgins noted that following the launch of the Magellan Global Equities Fund as a listed Managed Fund on the ASX in early 2015, the market has been watching this as an emerging trend. He ...

Global investment redrawn by technology

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2016
... into account, a Fidelity portfolio manager has warned. Speaking at Fidelity's National Adviser Forum in Sydney, global equities manager Amit Lodha said that managers' "investment toolkits" need to change in the wake of a rapidly changing global marketplace. ...

BTIM adds to executive lineup

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... with Michael Bargholz joining as new chief executive in July, Paul Wong and Lachlan Crompton coming on board as global equities analysts in August, and the appointment of Gavin Rochussen to the newly created role of group executive, international in ...

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 ...