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UniSuper hires from Janus Henderson

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2019
The $80 billion superannuation fund has hired an equities manager from Janus Henderson's Aussie equities team which shut down its funds earlier in the year and returned $490 million to investors. Paul Phillips started as a manager, equities at UniSuper ...

Managed funds versus the ASX 200

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 AUG 2019
Aussie equities managers had a hard time beating the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation index in the year to June and the underperformance gap has widened significantly over the past four years, according to new Rainmaker research. Just one in 10 wholesale managed ...

Mercer unveils best-performing Aussie equity funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2019
Mercer has named the top-performing Australian equities funds for the 2019 financial year. Mercer's latest Investment Survey found Martin Currie's Australia Real Income strategy delivered 18.8% in the year to June 2019. BlackRock Equitised Long ...

Paradice hires from Pengana

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2019
... also added a new strategy in recent weeks, its first Australian fund since 2007. The Paradice Long Short Australian Equities Fund will invest in companies listed on or to be listed on the ASX and NZX. It will be managed by Troy Angus, David Moberley ...

Best-performing funds with least risk

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... distribution). Category By performance By risk Active core Solaris High Alpha Australian Equity Macquarie WS Australian Equities Fund Solaris Core Australian Equal Weight VanEck Vectors Australian Equal Weight Alphinity Concentrated Australian Share ...

Boutique fund manager rebrands

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
A boutique Australian equities fund manager has rebranded in an effort to differentiate between its wholesale and retail offerings. Alleron Investment Management has relaunched as Australian Eagle Asset Management. The move comes as the fund manager ...

Janus Henderson hires from CFSGAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
Janus Henderson Investors hired a new senior investment manager and promoted a portfolio manager within its global natural resources team. Tal Lomnitzer was appointed as senior investment manager, responsible for co-managing global natural resources ...

Yarra Capital adds to investment team

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
The boutique has hired an AustralianSuper analyst after it took over the management of UBS's Australian equities funds last year. Olivia Dalton started at Yarra Capital Management two weeks ago. She will cover industrial stocks, working alongside ...

Janus Henderson pulls out of Aussie equities

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
Janus Henderson Investors is shutting down its Australian equities funds and will return about $490 million of capital to investors. "Over the past 18 months, the manager's Australian equity (AEQ) investment desk has found it challenging to meaningfully ...

Labour and housing drive rate sentiment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... from a peak of 12% allocation to bank stocks to none in the last quarter [in the $10 million Defensive Australian Equities Fund] because we are concerned that if the housing downturn continues, these stocks may lead to capital loss and slimmer dividends," ...