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GQG Partners hires insto director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2020
... class service experience," Abernethy said. Crowley said: "GQG Partners is one of the fastest growing, truly active investment managers globally. Having the opportunity to work with an experienced manager such a Rajiv Jain and continue to build on the ...

BlackRock wakes up to climate change

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2020
... securities that generate more than 25% of their revenue from thermal coal production from its discretionary active investment portfolios, and by mid-2020, too. It's not known how much of their portfolio is currently weighted by thermal coal production ...

Index investment soars: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2020
New research from Rainmaker Information has revealed indexed investments in the Australian market grew by 22% in the year to September 2019, surging to more than $500 billion. Indexed investments grew by 22% over the period, twice as fast as active ...

Credit Suisse backs sustainability amid Federer furore

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2020
Investment bank and financial services powerhouse Credit Suisse has backed sustainability as the dominant investment theme of the coming decade, despite ongoing uproar around its investment in fossil fuels. The prediction comes as Australia's bushfire ...

Paraplanners tackle compliance challenges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... options is key, Docker explained. Issues like whether direct shares are appropriate or whether a passive or active investment approach is preferred need to be addressed in some detail, she said. "ASIC doesn't like goals that could apply to anyone," Docker ...

Is EM an investor's saving grace?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... harsher or difficult to navigate," he said. "However, taking a forward-looking approach to allocating capital, active investment managers can gain exposure to those sectors that are likely to benefit from long-term structural developments." Fidelity ...

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. ...

Janus Henderson EM team crumbles

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2019
... over the coming months." Janus Henderson has over 350 investment professionals globally, a broad spectrum of active investment capabilities and a strong global client service team, it added. "We are optimistic about the opportunity to build a genuinely ...

Financial advice in 2030: What does it look like?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... managers commit fewer resources to active strategies, WealthDigital believes. "Those fund managers providing active investment strategies will target direct investment and self-managed super funds. Insurers will be forced to look to new technologies ...

Will Aussie equities overcome 2019 challenges?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... dominated by risks calls for a greater investment focus at the sector and stock levels and would benefit an active investment approach," he said. "We are more positive about the outlook for the general insurance sector. Premiums are ahead of inflation ...