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Alternatives high on the radar to escape Trump's tariffs: Fidante

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Financial advisers are increasingly searching for alternative sources to capture alpha amid ongoing market volatility. Surveying 174 financial advisers, Findante found that four in 10 advisers are now bearish on both US equities and Australian equities ...

Perpetual promotes two to strengthen fixed income team

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... for PCI, has named Greg Stock as deputy portfolio manager. He will also serve in the role for the Perpetual Pure Credit Alpha Fund. Stock is currently head of credit research and senior portfolio manager. He brings more than three decades of industry ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... stated. Since leaving S&P Global at the beginning of the year, Lucchese has been acting as executive director at Impact Alpha Partners, a research and consulting service launched two years ago to drive impact and alpha in portfolio outcomes. Twelve months ...

Former financial adviser charged in alleged $160k super fraud case

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... Financial Advisers Register, Popal first provided financial advice in 2004 and was previously an authorised representative for Alpha Investment Management from April 2014 to March 2016. During this period, he was licensed to advise on SMSFs, though restricted ...

Magellan sees $1bn monthly outflows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... $37.5 billion in March to $38.5 billion in April due to Magellan taking over as a responsible entity of the Vinva Global Alpha Extension Fund, which took effect on April 17. The Vinva Global Alpha Extension Fund is the fourth systematic equity fund offered ...

Pinnacle affiliate launches offshore version of smaller companies fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... firm, describing them as a "fruitful hunting ground to exploit." "... we believe we've proven skilled at extracting alpha from the large and inefficient universe of listed companies under US$10 billion while delivering strong absolute returns," he ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... portfolio, and we think internal strategies, particularly in the core space, blend well with them, so long as they're delivering alpha," Gavin said. "I think we'll always have external managers in the portfolio. There's a variety of things across our ...

Anthony Doyle quits Schroders, rejoins Pinnacle

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... institutional, intermediary and direct client channels. Before landing at Schroders - where he oversaw the firm's global equity alpha strategy and global quantitative equity products - he spent nearly three years at Firetrail as its head of investment ...

Holding mega-cap stocks could be detrimental: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
The historically high levels of concentration in equity markets of recent years, powered by a handful of mega-caps, points to a likely resurgence of diversified strategies over the next decade, according to new research by Scientific Beta. Scientific ...

TWC Invest makes risk, technology hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... effort to blend "institutional pedigree, technological innovation and an evidence-based investment methodology" to deliver alpha in volatile markets. "This approach reinforces the firm's commitment to disciplined, risk-aware capital allocation. Likewise ...