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Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
... have also benefited from the recent additions of emerging market equities and increasing the hedging ratio of global equities," he said. "Pleasingly, following three consecutive years of double-digit returns we have been able to significantly improve ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... "Australian companies pay high dividends and on a total return hedge basis, local equities did somewhat better than global equities for the year," he said. APRA's March 2025 data shows that ART allocates 27% of funds to listed Australian equities ...

Legalsuper celebrates double digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... offered by State Street and Aikya Investment Management. As for the High Growth option, about 40% is invested in global equities and 36.5% is in Australian shares. The equity investments for the High Growth option are broadly similar to that of the Balanced ...

Magellan bolsters investment and distribution ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... manager and research relationships. On the investment side, Casey McLean has joined as a portfolio manager in the global equities team. McLean has 24 years of experience, including a decade at Fidelity in roles spanning portfolio management, research ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... turning to active management. "We are seeing strong interest in both public and private markets, with conviction in global equities and private equity opportunities amongst Australian investors," Doyle said. "Bonds continue to play a vital role in building ...

Airlie calls time on Concentrated Share Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... temporarily impacted by operational issues." The others affected were the Infra Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF, Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF and Global Fund Open Class Units Active ETF. Trading resumed for the four ETFs some two ...

Evidentia announces two new starters

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... across international markets. He also spent seven years at Perpetual, progressing from an investment graduate to a global equities analyst. Evidentia's head of consulting, Chris Carrodus, welcomed the investment professional to the team. "He {Josh} ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... wholesale Lauren Jackson said the SMA will help solve a problem that financial advisers face when allocating to core global equities, noting that many still allocate passively or use discretionary active global managers at a higher fee. "This SMA gives ...

CFS awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) has awarded a global equities mandate to a US$160 billion fund manager. US fund manager Brown Advisory has won the mandate to oversee the global equities strategy available on FirstChoice, debuting on May 24. The option - ...

Bell Asset Management names head of retail sales

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... appointment forms part of a broader strategy to bolster the company's internal capabilities and drive growth across its global equities platform - particularly its high-conviction small- and mid-cap offering, it said. Stewart brings more than 25 years ...