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HESTA names head of investment execution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... as a director at Citi and prior to that was general manager of asset servicing operations, corporate, institutional and markets operations at NAB. She spent more than 14 years at J.P. Morgan as an executive director of corporate and investment bank ...

Bitcoin hits fresh high as investors await halving event

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... halving will be the first halving event in Bitcoin history with significant funds coming from institutions and traditional markets as well, thanks to Bitcoin ETFs. Rose said events like the halving serve as a reminder of Bitcoin's fundamental strengths ...

Philip Lowe joins LIC board

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... founder and director Geoff Wilson said: "We are excited to work with Phil, who brings a deep understanding of financial markets coupled with a focus on providing both economic and social dividends to the community. His leadership, experience and intellect ...

Managed account FUM closes in on $200bn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... numbers went up 35% and 23.1% respectively. Inflows in the second half of last year totalled $15 billion. "The investment markets have recorded improved growth in the second half of 2023 with a 7.6% increase in the value of the ASX / S&P 200 Accumulation ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... Will Main and Asian equity income portfolio manager Howard Ho are expecting a positive future for Asia's largest equity markets for years to come. Main and Ho said recent attempts to improve corporate governance in Japan and South Korea, as well as recent ...

MetLife chair Geoff Brunsdon retires after 13 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... non-executive director of significant ASX-listed, government and private companies. She is also an M&A and equity capital markets lawyer with extensive governance experience. "MetLife is at a turning point as we transform our business, leveraging technology ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... Throughout 2022 and early 2023, it was broadly decided that private equity couldn't be flat let alone up when the public markets were down 20%," the report said. Hamilton Lane indicated that private market valuations are realistic support by data showing ...

Perpetual adds director, institutional business

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... regional and global institutions. Fergal Harris brings almost three decades of experience in global real estate capital markets to his role with the firm as managing director of institutional capital. He joins from Jones Lang Le Salle, where he spent ...

ASX-listed companies flock to private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... monthly activity report shows a trend of more delistings than new market entries, indicative of a shift towards private markets. The total ASX-listed companies dropped from 2289 in February last year to 2183 in February 2024, a near 1% decrease with ...

GQG reports US$10.5bn increase in FUM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAR 2024
... fund manager's international equity strategy, its largest, moved from US$49.2 billion to $52.9 billion. Its emerging markets equity strategy FUM grew from US$35.1 billion to US$37.1 billion. The global equity strategy went from US$33 billion to US$36 ...