London-based global manager Man Group has launched a high-conviction Asia ex-Japan equities strategy following the recruitment of Andrew Swan from BlackRock and a small team to be based in Sydney and Hong Kong. Swan, who spent the past nine years running, at first, BlackRock’s Asian fundamental equities strategies and then Asian-plus-emerging-markets funds, has focused on…
NAB Asset Servicing and client Suncorp have signed a new contract for custody and a range of other back and middle-office services following a complicated on-again off-again relationship between the two banks dating back to 2013. The new contract, expected to be announced this week, lays to rest several years of uncertainty over the relationship,…
Simon Wood and Tobias Bucks from Ausbil Investment Management share insights on their definition of a global small cap.
Arnaud Brillois from Lazard Asset Management shares insights with James Dunn from The Inside Network on what a convertible bond is.
Luke Smith from Ausbil Investment Management shares insights on how important the USD is for commodities and resources.
Angela Ashton from Evergreen Ratings goes INDepth with Peter White from The Inside Network about rating complex, less liquid products.
There are things to like and dislike about the Government Retirement Income Review for both sides of politics. And, also, to like and dislike about providing ‘observations’ rather than ‘recommendations’. But neither has quelled debate. In his opening comments at a webinar last Friday (November 27), Martin Fahey, the chief executive of ASFA, said it…
Equity Venture Partners has announced the first close for its third fund, at $50 million. The Sydney-based venture capital manager is now working on a final close for the offering. EVP, which has joined with Brookvine and Spire Capital for the next fund raising, is an early stage business-to-business software investor with a 15-year track…
Excess returns from active equities managers in emerging markets have declined steadily for more than 15 years and, while fees have come off too, mainstream managers should look at further reductions, according to Frontier Advisors. In its latest research note, ‘Active Management in Emerging Markets’, Frontier says the investors could consider emerging markets (EM) small…
The debate over climate change has been too polarised along political lines, says politician Zali Steggal. It should be about setting hard targets, says one of Australia’s biggest investors, Damian Graham. Graham, the CIO of Aware Super, and Steggall, the conservative independent federal MP for Warringah in Sydney, joined with three others for a webinar…
