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Hedge funds rally in April, but YTD still bleed red

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
New data has revealed that hedge funds around the globe staged a recovery in April, with a positive aggregate return of more than 5%. It follows a disappointing March, with almost all the hedge funds tracked by a global database and analytics tool in ...

BlackRock lead portfolio manager departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
BlackRock's lead portfolio manager for many Asian equities strategies has left for a role at a local boutique manager. Andrew Swan, who was based in Hong Kong, joined BlackRock in 2011 and was most recently the head of BlackRock's Asia and global emerging ...

The impact of COVID-19 on emerging markets

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... dislocation can create opportunities, especially for the active investor, according to LGM Investment's Global Emerging Markets Fund lead portfolio manager, Rishi Patel. "Emerging markets are borrowers and developed markets are lenders; whenever ...

Investment Leadership Awards finalists revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2020
... Global Equity Fund INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES - EMERGING MARKETS Capital Group EM Total Opps Fund Fidelity Global Emerging Markets Fund Pendal Global Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund Robeco Emerging Conservative Equity Fund SPDR S&P Emerging Markets Fund ...

Challenger hires Robeco director

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2019
Challenger has hired a former institutional sales director from Robeco Australia, to distribute some private markets strategies. Brett Penprase has joined Challenger as a senior institutional business development manager. Penprase was among Robeco's ...

Pension giant cuts tobacco

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
... the tobacco industry and falling global smoking rates. Nest already has a tobacco-free policy in its ESG emerging markets fund and commodities fund. The latest announcement weeds it out of all other fund choices including the Nest Retirement Date Funds ...

BetaShares launches new active ETF

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 JUN 2019
... Currie, a Legg Mason affiliate, will manage the new exchange-traded fund, called the BetaShares Legg Mason Emerging Markets Fund (managed fund) (ASX: EMMG). The comparable unlisted fund has returned 11.98% p.a. net return over a five year period as compared ...

Channel Capital signs on new partnership

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAR 2019
... billion from instos here. RWC Partners has launched an Australian-domiciled unit trust for their CC RWC Global Emerging Markets Fund. The fund invests in emerging markets and may hold up to 20% allocation to frontier markets. The investment process starts ...

Macquarie wins Investment Manager of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... Global Equity Fund International Equities - Emerging Markets Schroder Investment Management Schroder Global Emerging Markets Fund International Equities - High Performance Antipodes Partners Antipodes Global Fund International Equities - Index BlackRock ...

Fidelity hires investment specialist

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JAN 2019
... teams, she said. The $589 billion manager recently launched an actively managed ETF, the Fidelity Global Emerging Markets Fund (FEMX). It provides investors with access to a concentrated portfolio of 30-50 quality emerging market companies, and is managed ...