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Why active managers are falling behind in emerging markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAR 2024
... research showed emerging markets equities active managers have failed to generate, on average, higher excess returns, with data revealing the median active manager has underperformed the benchmark in 10 out of 14 calendar years. VanEck portfolio manager ...

Financial services class actions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... bank. Instead, they covered superannuation, conduct in selling complex financial products, shareholder class actions, and data breaches. On 22 December 2023, a class action was filed against Rest alleging it signed new members up for income protection ...

Markets, economies benefit from eustress: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... the last four years, it is no surprise that consumer sentiment has plummeted to new lows. Consumer confidence, particularly data from retail sales, is still in negative territory and sits at a low not seen since the 1990s recession, Paton said. "Don't ...

Majority comply with IDR reporting: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... The latest round of the internal dispute resolution (IDR) reporting regime saw 87% of small financial firms submit their data to ASIC. The deadline for the third round of reporting, which forced a total of 8600 financial services firms to submit data ...

Demand for ETFs set to persevere

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... original version of this article titled, Boutiques, quant funds shine among active funds, was written based on inaccurate data Morningstar provided. The original research has been fully retracted.

Iress sells mortgages arm to Bain Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... net proceeds from the sale will be used to retire debt, enabling Iress to focus on growing its wealth, trading and market data, and superannuation core businesses. Iress chief executive Marcus Price explained that the previously announced decision to ...

Managed account FUM closes in on $200bn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... an annual growth rate of 12.11% in 2023," Milliman practice leader, Australia Victor Huang said. "The subsiding inflation data, receding recession risk, along with the tech sector growth were key drivers for the strong equity performance and provides ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... markets were down 20%," the report said. Hamilton Lane indicated that private market valuations are realistic support by data showing private equity's stronger revenue and EBITDA compared to public companies in 2022 and 2023. It attributed this to better ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... beginning to unlock the potential of generative AI. "From improvements in customer onboarding and spotting patterns in fraud to data synthesis and supporting research analysts, the opportunities in a service-based industry are significant," he said. ...

Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... values-based ones. However, its complexity could hinder transparency and create a reporting burden, with possible additional data requirements from APRA. Some argue a single-metric test would provide greater simplicity and clarity over multi-metric tests. ...