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Asset managers ride the storm: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2023
... lead to more lasting structural changes that could affect the ability to grow," the report warned. "Traditional active managers have not only had to respond to passive investing, but they also need to focus on other forms of competition, such as hedge ...

Magellan FUM continues backwards slide

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2023
... that investors are showing palpable signs of risk aversion, which has ultimately led to redemptions. For many active managers, such as Magellan, it equates to investors pulling out money, leading to a drop in FUM drops and profitability. In January ...

Outflows, M&A batter active managers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAR 2023
... former self, having transferred most of its wholesale business to SG Hiscock. Adding to the shrinking pool of active managers, Perpetual's high-profile takeover of Pendal Group saw the latter delist at the start of the year. This frenetic pace of change ...

Active fund managers historically underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAR 2023
... period, underperformance rates ticked higher at 81.2%, 78.2% and 83.6% respectively. On a brighter note, A-REIT active managers posted their lowest underperformance rate since 2013, when the scorecard launched. Just 41.2% of these funds underperformed ...

Unpopular funds garner higher returns: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2023
... higher valuations, which reduces the prospect of higher future returns. This means it is also generally easier for active managers to add value to a portfolio when the assets being managed are low. "Buying and selling securities in this environment does ...

From strength to strength: GQG Partners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
... raised the tide; all boats have floated. But, when that changes, as it did through 2022; it's time for good active managers to outperform," he said. While uncertain about whether the investment landscape will become any easier to navigate in 2023 ...

Worst performing super funds named

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 OCT 2022
... disadvantage compared to other funds," Stockspot said. Lastly, the report said that indexed funds continue to outperform active managers. It said the reason remained simple; active managers compete against each other, and therefore, as a group, cannot ...

Rising number of active funds underperforming: SPIVA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... statistics are poor, the SPIVA Australia scorecard said the first half of 2022 contained some bright spots for active managers. "In the first half of 2022, outperformance was close to a coin flip for Australian Equity General funds, with 50% underperforming ...

A solution to active fund underperformance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 AUG 2022
... analysis by VanEck questions why so many investors continue to invest in active funds, saying underperformance by active managers is not a recent phenomenon. According to the SPIVA scorecard produced by the S&P Dow Jones Indices, over the last 15 years ...

NGS Super divests oil, gas producers

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... assess the two risks of stranded asset risk and physical asset risk, and we were also in discussions with our active managers, what their position was in terms of the price action on these particular companies." Squires said that in light of geopolitical ...