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Savills IM appoints local team, launches fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAY 2021
A newly created team, led by a former BlackRock regional executive, is boosting the international manager's presence in Australia as it launches its first pan-Asia strategy. Savills IM has appointed four, including former BlackRock managing director ...

AMP announces new managed portfolio partnership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... portfolio structure simplifies investment decisions for the firm's clients. "The portfolios combine passive and active investment strategies to optimise diversification benefits and manage risk for our clients, while MyNorth's contra trading functionality ...

Diversa, BetaShares relationship probed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
... in those ETFs because they have to meet our screens... That means it is not a passive investment, it's an active investment," Hosain said. Hosain said that when Future Super first came to market there were no off-the-shelf products that met the fund's ...

Best, worst investment ideas for 2021: ARK

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
Innovation-focused investment manager ARK Invest has released its annual Big Ideas report for 2021, highlighting the best and worst investment opportunities out there. When it comes to the worst ideas, ARK said household name NASDAQ listed Intel is ...

BlackRock reinforces commitment to ESG

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JAN 2021
... clients' portfolios. As part of our heightened scrutiny framework for embedding sustainability risk into our active investment process, and using our full set of risk management tools, we will be establishing a "focus universe" of holdings that present ...

Super underperformance needs to be addressed: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... and assessed how many investment options in each asset class matched or beat the index. "A super fund's active investment management strategy should be purpose-built to earn back the fees and tax margins. If not, super funds should use indexed strategies," ...

Franklin Templeton shuffles distribution team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2020
... said. "We remain focused on delivering better client outcomes by providing a truly diverse suite of high calibre active investment capabilities, global connections and local insights with a focus on innovation." Franklin Templeton has signalled that ...

AMP awards mandate to BlackRock

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 OCT 2020
... transition for clients and that business impacts are minimised." AMP Capital New Zealand will continue to provide active investment management options on NZWM's WealthView platform, as well as investment solutions for real assets, fixed income and ...

Investor expectations pie in the sky: Schroders

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
... expectations for income and returns are still high." Interestingly, Australians have a general preference for active investment methods while the majority of their investment portfolios are passive with around 40% of investor portfolios made up of active ...

Perpetual profits plummet

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... performance fees, and market volatility for the decline. "Notwithstanding the challenging external environment, our active investment approach positioned us well during this period of extreme market volatility, particularly in February and March when ...