Activist battle looms for troubled property fund; Will AI’s rise lead to another dot-com boom?

E&P Financial Group and K2 Asset Management are in battle with an activist manager around the best way to handle the troubled US Masters Residential Property fund.

The rise of artificial intelligence companies has the potential to trigger another dot-com boom, according to a fund management group, but it could look very different to one seen in the late 1990s.

Sunny Bangia, portfolio manager and founding equity partner at the investment manager, has left the firm after eight years.

The finalists of the Global Property Securities Fund category at the 2023 Fund Manager of the Year Awards have shared their insights with Money Management.

The Financial Services Council has updated its design and distribution obligations template for fund managers in line with concerns raised by ASIC about the initial regime compliance.

Ahead of the 2023 Fund Manager of the Year Awards on 22 June, Money Management spoke to finalists of the Infrastructure Fund of the Year category.