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Active managers outperform in limited asset classes, fall short in survivorship

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024

Active fund managers tend to outperform their passive counterparts in certain categories like Australian equity income and bonds, but the latter has better survivorship rates, according to Morningstar's latest Active/Passive Barometer report. The analysis ...

Global equity, AREIT managers biggest underperformers: S&P Dow Jones

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024

... chief investment officer for Asia Pacific Duncan Burns commented the SPIVA scorecard highlights that most active fund managers are not talented enough or sufficiently different to outperform the returns from the share market and explains the rapid acceleration ...

Vanguard, Betashares, iShares neck and neck in battle for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024

... Australian investors are not convinced at the proposition," Neiron said. "It's understandable that many active fund managers have seen the growth in the exchange traded product (ETP) industry and think that simply participating will result in flows ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024

... index funds - driven by the proliferation of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and weak AUM growth - has left active fund managers struggling to increase revenues. The report found that in 2023, estimated revenues from long-term funds shrank in the UK and ...

Fiji National Provident Fund hunts active fund managers

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024

The Fiji National Provident Fund (FNPF) is seeking active fund managers to oversee two strategies. The country's superannuation fund is on the hunt for fund managers to invest on behalf of its Global Listed Developed Market Equity Strategy 1 and Global ...

Demand for ETFs set to persevere

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024

... Investors' demand for cheaper exchange-traded funds (ETF) is set to persist, according to Morningstar, as active fund managers fail to gain market share over low-cost alternatives. The 2024 first quarter report, Australian Asset Managers, shows how low-cost ...

Volatility an opportunity for skilled active managers: GSFM

ANDREW MCKEAN | WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024

... sentiment and asset valuations. However, this environment, while turbulent, could offer ample opportunities for active fund managers, Miller said. "Higher volatility probably means a higher dispersion of individual issuer returns, which is a great environment ...

More outflows for Platinum

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024

... roles of co-chief investment officer and co-portfolio manager of the global and Asia strategies. Among other active fund managers, GQG Partners ended 2023 at a record high of US$120.6 billion ($179.4bn), up from 7% in November. "We are pleased to have ...

The ugly truth: Unattractive fund managers are investment darlings

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023

According to a study by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, having a face only a mother could love pays off in funds management, as unattractive fundies outperform their good-looking peers. In the first economics study to employ a deep learning model to ...

Ownership changes spur upheaval in unit trust sector

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 12 JUL 2023

... Benchmarking research note, an interesting trend has emerged among institutional investors pulling money out of active fund managers that were subject to structural changes since the Banking Royal Commission. Some of the investment managers with the ...

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Funds SA appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Funds SA has appointed a new chief investment officer, who will join from Hostplus, to commence in February 2025.

Australian Retirement Trust appoints new chief risk officer

ANDREW MCKEAN

Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has appointed a new chief risk officer that's set to start in March 2025.

UniSuper has 'some work to get on with' on cyber front: Chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON

UniSuper's leadership team has touched on how the fund is strengthening its operations following the extensive system outage in May this year.

Super framework, SMSFs conducive to financial abuse: Inquiry

KARREN VERGARA

Lax superannuation laws make it too easy for perpetrators of domestic violence to access victims' retirement savings, while the current framework for self-managed super funds (SMSFs) enables financial abuse to flourish, a parliamentary inquiry found.

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