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Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... specifically, his role in assembling a portfolio of equity managers across Australian shares, global shares, and emerging markets. While one-year performance is very hard to consistently outperform, a three-year horizon is seen as "a more reasonable ...

PRI chief executive David Atkin to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... future, including a refreshed digital platform, enhanced support for asset owners, and continued expansion into emerging markets. The organisation also aims to reinforce the financial materiality of sustainability issues as it prepares for COP30 and ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... returns, including emerging market equities, which were bolstered by strong showing of India and Southeast Asia. Emerging markets, however, which returned 18% year over year, lagged developed markets, "as investors fretted over the potential impact of ...

Super moves: Cbus, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... in her career, Fang worked at Standard Chartered Bank where she evaluated and rated long-only equity funds in emerging markets, BRIC and Latin America and MFS Investment.

Future Fund veteran takes on new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Future Fund emerging markets lead has taken up a new role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. Industry heavyweight Craig Thorburn - who has been with the fund for almost two decades - has been appointed director of thought leadership. While leading ...

Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
Acadian Asset Management has launched the Acadian Enhanced Emerging Markets Equity Fund in Australia. The new strategy aims to generate long-term returns for Australian wholesale investors through a diversified portfolio of approximately 500 emerging ...

American Century appoints local sales VP

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... started his career in financial services in 2004 at First State Investments in Edinburgh on the Asia-Pacific and emerging markets investment team. Over his two decades in the industry, he has developed extensive experience in business development and ...

GQG rejigs allocations amid tariff pain

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... February. During the first quarter, three out of four flagship strategies outperformed their relative benchmarks. The emerging markets strategy was the detractor, trailing the benchmark's 2.3% p.a. with -0.37% p.a. "We believe that we continue to be ...

Market turmoil hits portfolios

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... found in markets previously overlooked. Globally, there are significant valuation dispersions, particularly in emerging markets that may be well-positioned for shifts to global supply chains and a weakening US dollar, the caveat being that demand comes ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... Business Foundation, an organisation that supports sustainable and inclusive small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets, co-founder and chair Peter McMullin, who was an investor in Good Return's first fund, said backing women business owners ...