A study by the Economist newspaper’s ‘Intelligence Unit’ on asset owners’ priorities in the ESG space has shown that, within the largest cohort of the top 100 asset owners, in Asia, there has been a significant increase in awareness of
While presenting a generally upbeat outlook for its continued expansion globally, Link Group addressed brokers and investors in London last week on the issue of its regulatory issue regarding the failure of one of its glamour clients, the Woodford Global
Institutional investors tend to be sceptical of the benefits of ETFs. ETFs have a wide spread, which can challenge an investor’s position. But increasingly they are being used for tactical purposes. BetaShares is setting the pace with new ETF offerings.
Australian institutional investors redeemed about US$1.7 billion from their equity managers in the March quarter, erasing the US$1.6 billion they had invested in the December quarter. The latest redemptions were the same as for the whole of Europe in the
We don’t have any specialist event-driven hedge fund managers in Australia or New Zealand but, if we did, they would likely be riding high on an influx of new funding. With various forms of disruption, uncertain markets, and continuing CEO
by Greg Bright Some people say that investment styles are dead. Certainly, ‘value’ has struggled for several years, compared with ‘growth’, ‘momentum’ and ‘quality’. If those people are right, what does that mean for how a big super fund chooses
Hexavest, the top-down global manager which is part of the Eaton Vance stable, has come out strongly in favour of investors giving consideration to changing their mix of exposures, if they have a mix, to the broad China market. While
The outlook for the Australian securitisation market is healthy, with the majority of issuers expecting to maintain or increase issuance in the next two years. This is despite slowing demand for consumer and mortgage credit and tough macro-economic conditions, according
by David Chaplin Google, Netflix and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway are among a group of 150 plus top US companies to miss the cut in the recently-released S&P 500 ESG (environmental, social and governance) index. S&P, which built the new
by Greg Bright For big profit-for-member super funds, good investment performance is a given. They have delivered for a long time. It’s the member services area which is top of mind. In the first of two articles based on discussions
A study by the Economist newspaper’s ‘Intelligence Unit’ on asset owners’ priorities in the ESG space has shown
While presenting a generally upbeat outlook for its continued expansion globally, Link Group addressed brokers and investors in
Institutional investors tend to be sceptical of the benefits of ETFs. ETFs have a wide spread, which can
Australian institutional investors redeemed about US$1.7 billion from their equity managers in the March quarter, erasing the US$1.6
We don’t have any specialist event-driven hedge fund managers in Australia or New Zealand but, if we did,
by Greg Bright Some people say that investment styles are dead. Certainly, ‘value’ has struggled for several years,
Hexavest, the top-down global manager which is part of the Eaton Vance stable, has come out strongly in
The outlook for the Australian securitisation market is healthy, with the majority of issuers expecting to maintain or
by David Chaplin Google, Netflix and Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway are among a group of 150 plus top
by Greg Bright For big profit-for-member super funds, good investment performance is a given. They have delivered for
