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Australia's alpha female representation regresses: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 SEP 2026
... improving female representation in funds management, gains have been stunted. Women now account for 12.6% of active fund managers globally, down from 12.9% last year. The number of female managers of active funds stood at 2283 globally, a decline of ...

Active strategies a different story in ETFs: MSCI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
Despite continuous underperformance from active fund managers in recent years, MSCI's new report highlights the sentiment is drastically different when it comes to actively managed exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Australian advisers are increasing their ...

Future Generation returns top 20%

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2026
... risk. "We are pleased to have outperformed the market since inception. Our diversified portfolio of leading active fund managers, selected by the experienced Investment Committee, is designed to reduce concentration risk and volatility while generating ...

Natixis appoints client services director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... managers to serve the personal, and increasingly complex, needs of our clients." Natixis works with more than 15 active fund managers under a multi-affiliate model and is ranked among the world's largest asset managers with more than $1.4 trillion ...

Active equity managers underwhelm in 2025: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
While 2025 was ripe for stock picking and active fund managers thanks to dispersion widening, according to the latest SPIVA Scorecard, the majority still failed to beat the benchmark. Australian active managers' performance in 2025 proved to be "underwhelming," ...

Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... be "considered as pretty institutional grade" around asset allocation and manager selection. As a whole, active fund managers continue to command the foothold of superannuation fund mandates, although this has destabilised in recent years thanks to the ...

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Active fund managers continue to face fee pressures but still ensnare a large chunk of major mandates, a new study from institutional investment consulting firm Callan shows. San Francisco-based Callan's 2025 Investment Management Fee Study drew on ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... (27.2%). Back in 2014 only 15.4% of managers cited this issue as their primary concern." Last year, several active fund managers such as Tyndall Asset Management and Touchstone Asset Management shuttered following the loss of a major mandate. Since the ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
The closures of several active fund managers following the loss of a major mandate has underscored the importance of having a diversified client base, as one $2.2 billion manager warns this has become a substantial business risk. This year alone saw ...

Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
... long-term investment goals." In response, Future Fund said it is investing more heavily in gold, hiring more active fund managers and avoiding fixed-rate bonds. "It was and remains our view that the world going forward will be characterised by deep structural ...
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