EQUITIES

Funds management

The $250 billion Future Fund is moving back to active management for its equity allocations, six years after stating it was “nigh on impossible” for active managers to ad...

Funds management

Investor appetite for equities is set to recover as markets “look through the valley” to the other side of the bear market, according to the fund manager. ...

Funds management

Investors are the most underweight to equities relative to bonds since the Global Financial Crisis as fears of a credit crunch drive up fixed income allocations....

Funds management

Equity funds saw outflows of more than $500 million in the first quarter of 2023, the highest proportion since the start of the pandemic. ...

Funds management

The $2.8 billion flagship Schroder Real Return fund is holding its lowest weighting to equities since inception in 2008, as its managers are opting to hold cash for unexp...

Funds management

The Australian ETF industry’s FUM increased by $1.3 billion in February with investors opting for ETFs focused on domestic equities. ...

Funds management

The strong market rally during January and February has left Bell Asset Management nervous of the potential earnings disappointment to come....

Funds management

J.P. Morgan Asset Management is “warming up” to going back to equities after holding an underweight position and would strengthen this position if there is a signal infla...

Funds management

Although an unfavourable outlook for 2023 continues to dampen investor confidence, Talaria Asset Management reveals the types of equities to look out for. ...

People & Products

Michelle Lopez, head of Australian equities at abrdn, has departed the firm after 18 years....

People & Products

HLB Mann Judd research has found IPOs raised just over $1 billion in 2022, compared to $12.3 billion in the previous year, with market uncertainty likely to dent activity...

Funds management

The fixed income asset class suffered the sharpest decline in fund flows over the course of a turbulent 2022 for investors in Australia, according to the latest Calastone...

Funds management

Assets across emerging markets are set to benefit from a “brighter backdrop” in 2023, building on resilience to global monetary policy tightening, according to BlackRock....

Funds management

Premium-rated growth and yield stocks remain vulnerable to further adjustments to interest rates amid continued economic uncertainty, according to investment manager Mapl...

Funds management

Munro Partners is awaiting a downward movement in earnings estimates before it puts cash in its Global Growth fund back to work but is concerned the market is failing to ...

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