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‘Shiny objects and empty calories’ in sustainable investing

Farming out sustainable investing to passive or low cost options isn’t “for the faint of heart”. In a new world where the winners aren’t as obvious, active management should thrive.

Lachlan Maddock | 15th Mar 2023 | More
Human sacrifices, active management and the ‘most valuable company in the world’

Active managers have been “getting it in the teeth” since the GFC, but that’s about to change as the massive misallocation of capital unwinds. The most valuable companies in the world are trading at a multiple that doesn’t befit their status.

Lachlan Maddock | 3rd Mar 2023 | More
  • Magellan eyes buys, alts on long road back to $100bn

    Magellan has flagged acquisitions and the addition of alternatives strategies as part of a five-year plan to reclaim the $100 billion plus heights it last scaled in 2021.

    Lachlan Maddock | 17th Feb 2023 | More
    Appetite for diversifying strategies drops

    While diversifying strategies commanded the field through 2022, investors feel they’ve missed the boat on the returns to be had. Instead, they’re window shopping for more private equity.

    Lachlan Maddock | 15th Feb 2023 | More
  • Cooper closes Asia fund as PM exits

    Cooper Investors has shuttered the retail and wholesale classes of its Asian Equities Fund following the resignation of portfolio manager Qiao Ma.

    Lachlan Maddock | 3rd Feb 2023 | More
    Man Group gets active as passive ‘reaches saturation point’

    The passive investment mega-wave has likely crested with active strategies poised for a long-overdue comeback over the next decade, according to a new Man Institute study.

    David Chaplin | 1st Feb 2023 | More
    Bear and bubbles: Grantham shouts another round

    Veteran investor, Jeremy Grantham, has nominated a falling global property market as lead contender to drive the next deflationary phase of the multi-asset ‘super bubble’.

    David Chaplin | 27th Jan 2023 | More
    Earnings learnings: Why forecasts are fantasy

    US stock valuations based on forecast operating earnings regularly veer into ‘fantasy’ land, according to a new analysis by quantitative investment firm Research Affiliates (RAFI), with reality set to disappoint again in 2023 as recessionary risks remain.

    David Chaplin | 25th Jan 2023 | More
    ‘No simple answers’: The Future Fund’s brave new world

    How institutional investors generate returns now needs to change, according to a position paper from the Future Fund, with the very foundations of Modern Portfolio Theory shaken by the events of 2020-22.

    Lachlan Maddock | 20th Dec 2022 | More
  • Why instos really underperform (and don’t know why)

    Institutional investors are mostly unaware of what’s dragging on their performance, according to analysis by Northern Trust Asset Management. Having too many managers with the same style is part of the problem.

    Lachlan Maddock | 18th Dec 2022 | More
    War, inflation trump cyber-fears for 2023

    Geopolitical tension has pushed aside cyber-worries and pandemic fears to take the top spot in the latest Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) poll of the global financial services industry.

    David Chaplin | 13th Dec 2022 | More
    Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide as a new year arrives

    2022 has left investors battered. The start of 2023 will leave them merely bruised. But analysts and economists alike aren’t pricing recession right.

    Lachlan Maddock | 13th Dec 2022 | More
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