Zenith Investment Partners has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the Chant West superannuation and consultancy business from ASX listed company Chant West Holding Ltd, (ASX: CWL). The transaction will take place by way of an asset sale for a $12m consideration and is expected to complete by this April. David […]
continue readingInterest in real assets continues to attract attention as more investors take note of their defining characteristics – a smoother set of returns that are lowly correlated with other major asset classes. However, are real assets the safe haven investors believe them to be? Zenith Investment Partners, in its inaugural sector review of Real Assets, […]
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28
Jan
2020
The European Commission’s second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) came into effect on 3 January 2018, aimed at increasing competition and fee transparency amongst market participants inside and outside the European Union. In its International Shares sector report, Zenith Investment Partners found that sell-side analysts were migrating to the buy-side as a direct […]
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23
Jan
2020
Leading investment research and consulting firm, Zenith Investment Partners is preparing for further growth opportunities with the appointment of Jason Huddy to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. The role oversees Zenith’s team, with responsibility for operational, change and process efficiency across the business. Beginning his career with National Mutual in 1989, Huddy […]
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22
Jan
2020
Amidst an investment environment where asset class returns are forecast to be lower with greater volatility, Zenith Investment Partners has observed a greater willingness of Multi-Asset managers to incorporate non-traditional asset classes within their strategic asset allocation. In the past, this has included unlisted assets such as private equity and debt. However more recently, Managers […]
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11
Dec
2019
The last 20 years have seen global fund managers who favour growth style investing outperform their value counterparts. A key driver of this outperformance has been the falling interest rate environment as growth stocks are more sensitive to interest rate movements. This has seen them benefit more from the recent decline in global interest rates. […]
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06
Dec
2019
Do investors gain emerging market exposures indirectly through Australian equities? What is the optimal emerging market exposure for an international equities portfolio? These are the questions Zenith seeks to answer in our 2019 Emerging Market & Asian Equities Sector Report. Given the strong historical relationship between Australian and emerging market equities, investors have traditionally found […]
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07
Nov
2019
The active vs. passive debate is one of the most bitter and polarising debates in investment management. However, is this even the right question? And even if it was, what is the right answer? Zenith Investment Partners, in its latest sector review of Exchange Traded Products (ETPs), believes former Managing Director of Barclays Global Investors (BGI), […]
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23
Oct
2019
Zenith Investment Partners’ annual Fund awards took place last week at the Ivy Ballroom in Sydney. The awards recognised excellence in funds management across all major asset classes and disciplines, which is fundamental to raising the standards of funds management for the ultimate benefit of investors. Magellan Asset Management took out top honours as Fund […]
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15
Oct
2019
The Legg Mason Martin Currie Global Long-Term Unconstrained Fund has received a ‘Recommended’ rating from Zenith Investment Partners. Launched in December 2015, the Fund is managed by the wholly owned Legg Mason affiliate Martin Currie and offers investors a concentrated, fundamental, quality growth styled international equities exposure. Zenith believes “The Fund is an attractive offering […]
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11
Oct
2019
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