Perpetual

The NSW Supreme Court on Thursday ruled Perpetual would be on the hook for more than just a $23 million break fee should it abandon its bid to takeover rival fund manager Pendal Group, likely scuttling recent advances by a Regal Partners-led consortium for Perpetual itself.

In the latest quarterly data for FY22, both Perpetual and Pendal Group recorded fund outflows of $4.0 billion, Magellan lost $5.2 billion and US$11.9 billion exited Janus Henderson. GQG Partners was the one shining light, recording inflows of US$2.8 billion.

In a nutshell, value investing is buying ‘quality’ companies at prices well below intrinsic value. Quality defined using four characteristics: Quality business that sells quality products, usually market leaders. Low debt – Tend to handle downturns better. Sound management Recurring earnings – Start-ups are not preferred. Warren Buffett’s famous saying “Finding an outstanding company at…

Growth managers continue to show their wares in the first quarter of 2020, holding up better than their value counterparts across Australian equity funds, declining only slightly less than the benchmark. The COVID-19-induced volatility over the first quarter led investors to assume that value strategies would come out on top. Morningstar says: “Looking at the…