funds management

Funds management

AllianceBernstein takes Fund Manager of the Year mantle

AllianceBernstein (AB) has been crowned this year’s Fund Manager of the Year at the Money Management Fund Manager of the Year Awards, taking the title from Legg Mason, wh...

Funds management

RARE’s fund sees strong start to the year

RARE Infrastructure Income Fund has seen a very strong start to the year, with a return of 14.7 per cent for the three months to March....

Funds management

MSCI adds first 30 Saudi stocks to EM index

Index provider MSCI will add 30 Saudi Arabian stocks to its Emerging Markets index for the first time this month....

Funds management

Should ESG be made a regulatory necessity?

The Australian Council of Superannuation Investors has called for changes which would see environmental, social and governance considerations formally factored into regul...

Financial planning

Is Australia a good place to invest?

Datasets used to measure past trajectory of Australian population and cultural changes can be drawn upon to predict how Australia’s future will be shaped, according to Be...

Expert Analysis

Other People’s Data: Finance’s other big responsibility

If financial institutions hope to improve public trust, Jonathan Steffanoni writes, they need to be careful in how they handle other people’s data....

Features

Alternative beta strategies: the only free lunch in finance

Anastasia Santoreneos writes that investors seeking diversification should take hold of what’s been coined the only free lunch in finance: alternative beta strategies. ...

Funds management

Over three quarters of Aussie fund managers in favour of outsourcing

Nearly 80 per cent of Australian-based superannuation funds and asset managers would consider using an outsourced trading solution. ...

Funds management

Investors should avoid cyclical-growth stocks

Investors should avoid cyclical-growth stocks in favour of defensive and secular-growth stocks, where valuations allow, according to SSGA....

Funds management

Headline inflation flatlines quarter on quarter

The Australian Consumer Price Index missed expectations of a 0.2 per cent quarter on quarter rise as the March quarter ended, making it likely the Reserve Bank will revis...

Funds management

Global economy sees some stability return

The United States and Chinese economies are showing improvements, and a recession may no longer be imminent. ...

Funds management

Watermark Funds Management completes global equities exit

Hedge fund manager, Watermark Funds Management has completed its exit from global equities to focus on Australian equities....

Funds management

Netflix puts the N in FAANG

While the FAANG stocks’ competitive advantage might be shrinking as giants like Tencent and Alibaba grow, WCM Investment Management sees continuing value in tech stalwart...

Funds management

Data reveal significant outflows

The latest data from Dexx&r reveals most of the major fund managers experienced significant outflows last year....

People & Products

Women in finance to benefit from Plato IM, UTS partnership

Plato Investment Management and the University of Technology Sydney have partnered to address the under-representation of women in the finance sector....