Private equity is no longer a category call
MLC’s Rachael Lockyer says private equity outcomes now depend far more on manager selection than broad asset allocation.
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Finding alpha in real estate: why sector choice still matters
Real estate investing requires more than picking properties. Damian Collins of Westbridge Funds Management highlights the importance of sector allocation and asset selection.
Asset managers courting advisers with free consulting services
Over half of asset managers in the US offer “business consulting resources” to the growing registered investment adviser cohort. Whether advisers actually want these services is debatable, but the trend seems to be gaining traction.
‘Adapt or fail’: 16pc of asset managers to vanish by 2027: PwC
While PwC expects the asset and wealth management sector to see a rebound in assets under management by 2027, it predicts a vastly changed landscape in which the top 10 per cent of managers will control half of all mutual fund assets globally.
Challenger-backed Fidante’s busy year continues
Challenger Financial Group (ASX: CGF) and its suite of asset management businesses have started 2021 off the same way 2020 finished. As part of their half yearly accounts, the company...
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Quoted funds powering Mainstream
Investment and superannuation service provider Mainstream Group (ASX: MAI) reported a 20 per cent yearly rise in funds under administration this week. The company, which has broadened its services from...
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Disruptive innovation delivered a 90% return for ARK
The Dr Cathie Wood-led ARK Investment Management is facing a different kind of pressure as 2020 draws to a close. According to Bloomberg, ARK's ETF distributor, Resolute Investment Managers, is...
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Corporate governance key to performance
Calvert Institute, the Responsible Lending arm of asset management Eaton Vance, this week released an extensive analysis on the real impacts that corporate governance practices are having on financial performance....
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