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Active managers overcharge: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2019
... VanEck's Australian office, which mimics a 2016 study published in Financial Analysts Journal based on active international equity managers. VanEck took monthly returns for 79 active Aussie equities funds for the five years to March and compared ...

Investors raise alarm on Facebook

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAR 2019
... consideration for all investments. Vision publicly lists Facebook as its second largest stock holding in its international equity portfolio, behind Amazon, representing 1.56% of its portfolio. Vision chief investment officer Michael Wyrsch said: "We ...

Australian Ethical mulls Facebook divestment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2019
... equities portfolios went up from 5% in 2017 to 11% in 2018. Facebook is the third most commonly invested international equity by these funds.

Swiss group acquires stake in local wealth firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2019
... bolster revenue and profit include the scaling of a Lombard Loans facility, providing clients with access to international equity research and global corporate mandates and plans to leverage EFG's funds business, specifically the New Capital Funds in ...

NZ Super makes transparency play

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2019
... Australian listed equities as the year progressed, and an excel spreadsheet chronicling its voting across its international equity holdings at the end of the year.

Macquarie wins Investment Manager of the Year

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... Antipodes Partners Antipodes Global Fund International Equities - Index BlackRock Investment Management iShares International Equity Index Fund Multi-Asset - Balanced AMP Capital Responsible Investment Leaders Bal Multi-Asset - Capital Stable Allan Gray ...

Finalists unveiled for FS Investment Leadership Awards

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
... Fund Platinum International Fund INTERNATIONAL EQUITIES - INDEX BlackRock Fission Indexed Int Equity iShares International Equity Index Fund Macquarie International Equities Fund MULTI-ASSET - BALANCED Ausbil Balanced Fund BlackRock WS Scientific Div ...

ETPs attracting money despite volatility

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2018
... trend reversed in October. "During October, however, investors firmly favoured Australian equity ETFs over international equity ETFs, which have become more expensive as the Australian dollar has weakened," Neiron said. New biotech ETF Last week, ETF ...

MSCI Australia executive director departs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2018
... Sydney offices. Prior to the role, he was a Morgan Stanley vice president for MSCI. He acted as CBA's head of international equity investments for three years until 2000. He managed portfolios with more than $3 billion in assets under management. He ...

Glut of underperformance in managed funds: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 25 SEP 2018
... ago that found similar results. S&P found that over the 10-year period ending 30 June 2018, almost 90% of international equity funds and more than 70% of Australian equity, Australian bonds and A-REIT funds underperformed their respective benchmarks ...