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Boutique creates distribution lead role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 DEC 2021
... Antares Equities veteran Richard Nixon joined Quest AP as portfolio manager to oversee the Long Short Australian Equities Fund, which launched two months later. The fund has returned 45% in the year to October, beating its benchmark's 28%; it has about ...

Pinnacle seeds Canadian boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2021
... for Pinnacle Investment Management this week, the firm has set up a North American-based affiliate in a small-cap equities fund manager. The fund manager is based in Toronto, Canada, focused on small caps and other global equities. Pinnacle joined forces ...

Unlisted unit trust conversions boost ETP sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2021
... in November 2020, adding about $13 billion to the sector. AllianceBernstein's Managed Volatility Australian Equities Fund (with $1.5 billion) and Hyperion's Global Growth Companies Fund (with $2 billion) then followed suit. During the September ...

New equities fund at Australian Ethical

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... healthcare, renewables and technology stocks within the S&P ASX 300. The Australian Ethical High Conviction Domestic Equities Fund holds a concentrated portfolio of about 20-35 Australian and New Zealand companies that meet the fund manager's ethical ...

Ellerston to shutter Morphic ESG fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... has joined hedge fund Drummond Knight and Lowenstein has become a non-executive director of the Morphic Ethical Equities Fund.

Boutique bolsters ESG team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 SEP 2021
Fidante-backed boutique Australian equities manager Merlon Capital Partners has hired a new sustainability manager. Rebecca El-Khoury joins the firm from TransGrid, where she was also a sustainability manager. Earlier in her career El-Khoury worked ...

Best-performing global equities funds for FY21

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2021
... benchmark for the period. If the lense is widened to three, five and seven years, the median large cap international equities fund fell behind the benchmark by 1.7%, 0.9% and 1.3% respectively in annualised returns. The top performer for the year was ...

Stellar year of returns for Aussie equities funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... for the median fund in the category. Top performers in Aussie large caps for the year were Bennelong Australian Equities Fund (45.6%), Australian Ethical Australian Shares Fund (42%) and Hyperion Australian Growth Companies Fund (39.1%). Widening the ...

Pendal open to more acquisitions

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
Pendal chief executive Nick Good says the firm is not ruling out future acquisitions, as it finalises its $414 million purchase of US value-oriented manager Thompson, Siegel and Walmsley. Pendal announced the 100% acquisition in May, paying about $414 ...

New portfolio manager at Pengana

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUL 2021
A Pengana Capital global equities fund has appointed a new portfolio manager who previously established and led a boutique. Jeremy Bendeich is a new portfolio manager for Pengana's High Conviction Equities Fund. He works alongside James McDonald, who ...