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Aussie active equity managers lack persistent outperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
Australian active equity fund managers struggle to persistently outperform in the medium term as those that shone four years ago failed to triumph in 2025, the new SPIVA Australia persistence scorecard reveals. Among the Australian equity funds that ...

Most traded stocks in the first half of the year revealed

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
Retail and advised investors both invested heavily into mining and energy industries in the first half of the year, according to new research from AUSIEX. Despite strong growth in the Commonwealth Bank share price, it isn't the most sought-after stock ...

From strength to strength: GQG Partners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JAN 2023
GQG Partners is aiming to be a top-ranking active equity manager in Australia, according to managing director Laird Abernethy. In an interview with Financial Standard, Abernethy said that despite market turbulence, GQG has performed exceptionally, with ...

BetaShares to launch new fund

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2021
The exchange-traded fund (ETF) provider is set to launch a cloud-computing ETF later this month as it continues to build out its technology offering. The BetaShares Cloud Computing ETF (CLDD) will invest in companies that have taken advantage of the ...

Investors going in blind: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JAN 2021
Australians are entering the stockmarket guided only by word of mouth, independent research and social media posts, new research shows. Online trading platform eToro surveyed over 1000 Australian investors to find out where they are getting their advice ...

ETF industry approaches $100bn

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
As new investors turned to exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to cash in on the market volatility and consequent recovery in 2020, the industry reaped the benefits breaking several records, new research shows. The BetaShares Australian ETF Review for year ...

Contango dumps investment strategy, opens raise

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
Martin Switzer's Contango Income Generator (CIE) fund has been forced to change its investment strategy due to underperformance as a result of lower dividend yields, saying its strategy is no longer appropriate. The manager of the fund, Contango Funds ...

Chief economist update: Gold 2000

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... -- when gold was fetching around US$1600 an ounce, not a few expected the shiny metal to rally to around US$2000 by year end - US$3000 if they got lucky. But they're little leaguers compared with those predicting gold US$5000 (BofA Merrill Lynch) ...

California mandates gender board diversity

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JAN 2019
California has become the first state in the US to legislate gender board diversity for publicly listed companies. From 1 January 2019 public companies headquartered in California must have at least one woman on the board of directors by year end or ...

Western AM says credit to be positive in 2016

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 10 MAR 2016
Western Asset Management believes 2016 will be a positive year for credit investors because it is a compelling investment in the current economic climate. The global fixed income manager's deputy chief investment officer, Michael Buchanan, said in a ...
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