Equities Summit

The Equities Summit brings asset owners, consultants and investment managers together to hear the latest research and thinking related to international and domestic equities, risk management, alpha generation, and investment implementation.

Equities Summit

Defensive equity strategies: Not just hype

As markets climb a wall of worry asset owners should have a defensive equity strategy in place to help limit losses, delegates heard at Investment Magazine’s Equities Summit.

Elizabeth FryNovember 8, 2019

Equities Summit

Mercer weighs smart beta allocation

The advisory firm's new head of portfolio management is weighing whether to allocate money to cheaper systematic strategies away from active funds.

Sarah JonesNovember 4, 2019

Equities Summit

Trump helps investors in China

US president Donald Trump has done everyone a huge favour, including the Chinese, by getting Beijing to realise that their “imitate and steal” business model was not sustainable and it was time for the nation to switch to an “innovate and create” approach, according to Origin Asset Management John Birkhold.

Elizabeth FryNovember 4, 2019

Equities Summit

Super fund mergers may bring money in-house

As the consolidation of Australia's superannuation industry accelerates and assets balloon, an increasing number of funds may look to internalise their investment capabilities.

Sarah JonesNovember 1, 2019

Equities Summit

Equity managers confounded by bearish bull market

Fund managers are wrestling with the equity market that should be 20 per cent lower.

Sarah JonesOctober 31, 2019

Equities Summit

Sunsuper pays equity managers on net performance

Sunsuper, the $66 billion industry fund, has changed the way it judges equity managers in a bid to stop them boosting gross returns through short-term trading.

Elizabeth FryOctober 30, 2019

Equities Summit

UniSuper, First State keep powder dry on private equity

As a record amount of money chases private equity deals and pushes prices higher, two of Australia’s largest super funds are limiting their exposure to around 5 per cent, preferring publicly-listed companies instead.

Sarah JonesOctober 30, 2019

Equities Summit

Photo gallery: Equities Summit 2019

The 2019 Equities Summit took place at the InterContinental, Double Bay, Sydney, 29 October, 2019.

Claudia GuestOctober 29, 2019

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