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Thematic investing grows threefold

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2020
... in assets, robotics and automation is the most popular theme globally," Morningstar said. "Interestingly, North American funds account for just 6% of global robotics and automation assets, with the remainder divvied up 55%/45% between funds in Europe ...

Advice the face of wealth management evolution

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2017
... investment strategy day in Melbourne, Kevin Clifford - chairman and chief executive of North American distribution at American Funds, a part of Capital Group - said the move to independent financial advice across the globe is profound. "The best advisers ...

Aussie super funds increase world ranking

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 5 SEP 2017
... the world's top 300 pension funds now represent 43.2% of global pension assets, rising from 42.5% in 2015. North American funds showed the most noticeable annualised growth rate over the last five years, growing by 6.7% during the period. Funds from ...

Capital Group reappoints former exec

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2016
... Research Global Investors. He was also director and vice chair of the boards of a number of mutual funds in the American Funds family. Capital Group managing director Australia and New Zealand, Paul Hennessy said: "Michael brings a truly global policy ...

Super funds too small for activism

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
... investment returns, "it should not be too long before the large superannuation funds reach the size of the big North American funds, potentially beyond. "At that stage, the giants of funds management in Australia should have the capacity to sponsor activism." ...

Investor appetite for global markets on the rise

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... said it was surprising that general global funds overtook Asian funds as the second most popular after US/North American funds. "There are a couple of possible reasons for this," he said. "Economic data out of Asia hasn't been as positive as investors ...

China a good bet in the long run: Thawley

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAY 2012
... also a vice president and principal executive officer of Capital World Growth and Income fund, vice chairman of American Funds Global Balanced Fund and executive vice president of New Perspective Fund, EuroPacific Growth Fund and New World Fund.

Russell launches global infra fund

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2009
... Advisors is the manager that will be running the fund. In the US, the group runs an asset management business, First American Funds, which oversees US$89 billion in FUM.

VFMC boosts inhouse investments by 25pc

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2008
... will probably reduce further," he said. "We're trying to reposition the fund more along the lines of the North American funds with a much larger internal management component." The comments follow the departure of David Roberts, investment director of ...

Hurricanes hit US equity funds, Latin American funds back in favour

A global fund research report reveals that investors are taking their money out of the US funds and swapping into Latin American, European and Japanese funds. According to the latest weekly funds flow data from Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) ...
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