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Perennial makes two senior equities appointments

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... Equities (WDE), which specializes in managing downside risk in Australian equities, increasing its allocation to small cap stocks, defined as being below the ASX 100, from 20% to 30% of the gross value of the portfolio. Read about it here.

Perennial LIC extends investment mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 NOV 2017
... investment guidelines. Following the board's approval, Wealth Defender Equities (WDE) can now up its allocation to small cap stocks, defined as being below the ASX 100, from 20% to 30% of the gross value of the portfolio. WDE chair Alan Schoenheimer ...

WAM enters the fray for Molopo takeover

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
... WAM Capital chair Geoff Wilson said this was a good price, adding: "We're effectively providing liquidity for people; the stocks haven't been trading for a number of months and people want liquidity. Aurora also bid 13.5c, but we're bidding 100% cash. ...

Spaceship appoints new portfolio manager

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... fees from 1.6% to 0.99% per annum. Spaceship also rebalanced its flagship fund, GrowthX, boosting its allocation to tech stocks from 30% to 50%. At the time, Spaceship chief executive Paul Bennetts explained: "Australian equities only make up 3% of the ...

Quant manager ties momentum with machine

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 3 NOV 2017
... Ledford said the trading systems can recognise strong "signatures" in data and learn to do interesting trades when prices in stocks dip or rise sharply. Where traditional momentum portfolios might be inclined to invest one way, this system might offer ...

Market neutral isn't always the neutral: Alleron

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... positions. "Market neutral paradoxically can be more exposed to drawdown risk than a 150/50 structure when low quality stocks run hard," Littler said. Alleron specialises in large cap equities across long and short portfolios. It was estalbished by Litter ...

Capital Group takes aim at the fund size myth

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
... investment beliefs." On top of this, an additional "research sleeve" is overseen by investment analysts who can invest in stocks in sectors they cover alongside the seven other portfolio managers.

GROW Super slashes fees

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... ratio remains the same at 0.41%. GROW's move follows Spaceship, another new superannuation fund focusing on technology stocks, lowering its total fees from 1.6% to 0.99% per annum. Spaceship also rebalanced its flagship fund, GrowthX, boosting its allocation ...

Pinnacle boutique launches $250m LIC offer

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... attractive to investors given the "large and diverse opportunity set," which is far more sector-diversified than the top 100 stocks on the ASX. To illustrate, where financials occupy 40% of the ASX 100, they represent only 8% of the Small Ords. The manager ...

Investment boutique adds global SMA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 OCT 2017
... PPM Global Growth SMA. Available via Powerwrap, the Global Growth Model is a concentrated portfolio of up to 25 global stocks in developed markets - primarily the US, Europe and UK - selected using PPM's stock selection approach. The approach uses three ...