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Aussie small caps, property funds in the red

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2023
Australian small cap and property investors experienced a rough 12 months of disappointing performance as macroeconomic conditions batter returns that ended up well in the red. Rainmaker's Wholesale managed funds April report shows that the property ...

HNW population sees biggest decline in decade

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
The global high-net-worth (HNW) population dropped by 3.3% to 21.7 million in 2022, while the value of its wealth decreased by 3.6% to $124.3 trillion, according to Capgemini's latest World Wealth Report. This drop, stated by the report, is the steepest ...

Advisers pivot to protect retirees from inflation

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2023
... approach, by a large margin, was a dynamic approach, where retirees regularly review changes to their portfolio and the macro environment and then adjust their discretionary spending - their want spending, accordingly." The Retirement Advice Centre business ...

MA Financial establishes Singapore office

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... we have relatively strong economic performance, stable political system, a well-tested regulatory and legal system at the macro level. And certainly, I think the issue around Australia is that we have not done a great job at marketing the opportunities ...

Aware Super bolsters strategy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 26 MAY 2023
... risk division. Two new hires will play a founding role in a new investment risk team, with the other two supplementing the macro strategies team. The superannuation's head of investment strategy Michael Winchester said expanding the investment strategy ...

Investors flock to conservative ETFs: Podcast

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAY 2023
Stockspot founder and chief executive Chris Brycki says the global macroeconomic backdrop has shifted investor trends, causing an uptake in conservative ETFs. Investors have faced varying challenges over the past 12 months and, speaking on the latest ...

Family offices maintain a steady course: Goldman Sachs

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2023
... 2021 at 6%. "However, we have seen improving sentiment around this asset class with low correlation strategies, such as macro and market-neutral trading, leading the charge," Goldman Sachs said. Compared to other investors, Goldman Sachs said family ...

Reserve Bank raises cash rate to 3.85%

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
... likes of AMP's Shane Oliver and T. Rowe Price's Scott Solomon. Equally, State Street Global Markets head of APAC macro strategy Dwyfor Evans described it as a surprise move. "Inflation remains high relative to target, but the softer core inflation ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... market environment, IFM said it expects this growth trend to continue for reasons such as the resilience of infrastructure to macro swings, and pension funds and other institutional investors, in aggregate, remaining underweight the infrastructure asset ...

Future Fund revisits actively managed equity investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
Future Fund chief executive Raphael Arndt has reassessed the sovereign wealth fund's pivot away from actively managed equity investments. Arndt told the Australian Financial Review Alpha Live Conference that active Alpha-seeking strategies in the ...