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Index investment soars: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
... as fast as active investments. "The growth in indexed management is not surprising given the difficulty so many active managers have had in beating their investment benchmarks," Rainmaker head of research John Dyall said. "Part of the problem, I believe ...

The dark horses of Aussie shares funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
As underperformance continues to plague active managers, here are the names of the Aussie shares funds that managed to beat the S&P/ASX 200 in the year to October. The 12 months to October were particularly bad for active managers. As the S&P/ASX 200 ...

Active ETF review results imminent

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2019
... managers such as Magellan, Platinum and Legg Mason funds among several others. Internal market making enables active managers to list their strategies as ETFs without having to disclose their portfolio holdings. ASIC first raised its concerns about internal ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... costs to run and maintain an active team. On the brighter side, there is still plenty of business for external active managers - super funds still prefer active over passive for fixed income. They also don't have an incentive to build fixed income teams ...

Industry still shy of flat dollar fees: Frontier

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... "Disappointment with active management outcomes had led a number of institutional investors to question the ongoing usage of active managers and this had led to terminations of some relationships in favour of passive mandates," Trafford-Walker said. ...

ASX faces challenge on ETF stronghold

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... new active ETFs with internal market making as it undertook a review of these arrangements, putting a stop to active managers who may have sought a listing. "It's fair to say that a number of fund managers have put their plans on hold," Miller said. ...

Stanford Brown eyes expansion

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... and legal coming together. It advises on $1.5 billion in investments, only half of which is now managed through active managers.

Fund Manager of the Year revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... Management/Impax Asset Management winning the former and Jamieson Coote Bonds taking out the latter. "With many active managers under increasing pressure in today's market, they need to be best practice and continually improve their investment teams ...

Regal appoints global distribution lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
... industry made her the perfect candidate for the role," he said. Fesq said: "As we see an increasing demand for active managers who provide differentiated sources of alpha and non-correlated returns, I am thrilled to be joining... the Regal team during ...

Aussie active managers underperform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2019
Rainmaker research revealed that over the three years to June 2019 the median managers in all active investment categories underperformed their respective benchmark returns. The research looked at active core, high performance and small companies funds. ...