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Aware Super restructures executive team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
Aware Super will execute an executive reorganisation, adding an expanded chief operating officer role. Ex-HESTA chief financial officer Sally Collins will become the new chief operating officer of Aware Super, starting April 15. Incumbent chief operating ...

Cash rate unchanged at 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 FEB 2024
... this year. Investors may face headwinds that will impact global equity earnings and valuations amidst a higher rate environment. "Looking ahead, we remain cautiously optimistic on the outlook for markets. Long-term yields - a strong predictor for expected ...

Australian Ethical, Infradebt to launch infrastructure debt fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
Australian Ethical and Mike Cannon-Brookes-backed Infradebt are launching a debt fund to finance renewable energy projects, alongside ventures in social infrastructure and property development. The infrastructure debt fund will provide capital to solar ...

AI mania will underwhelm advice: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... advisers changing their behaviours around it. Many advice businesses Worn works with are operating in a high inflationary environment, facing cost pressures on the back-office and salary fronts. "We believe that this is what's contributing to a strong ...

Perennial Partners names institutional sales director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
Perennial Partners has appointed Abdul Elhage as an institutional sales director, hiring from BNP Paribas Asset Management where he had a similar role. Elhage has worked in the financial services industry for more than 20 years. Before joining Perennial ...

Interest rates drive adviser conversations in 2024

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 25 JAN 2024
... driven by personal or familial circumstances, has led some to make decisions under pressure," he said. Navigating this environment, therefore, requires balance, especially when clients want to make a substantial investment in real estate. A survey by ...

Volatility an opportunity for skilled active managers: GSFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... unknowns", a marked departure from the consensus Goldilocks economic outlook - a benign slowdown and smooth disinflationary environment. Warning that the risks of sticky inflation and an unexpected recession might be underestimated, Miller pointed to ...

BWP, Newmark Property REIT set to merge

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... larger merged group with lower gearing, which is particularly compelling given the ongoing elevated interest rate environment and market uncertainty," Noble said. Noble added that after careful consideration, Newmark's independent board committee ...

APAC investors embrace value-added strategies: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 18 JAN 2024
... unsurprising to observe the Japan market being favoured by investors as an institutional safe haven amid a high-interest rate environment," Delaunay said.

Macquarie consortium bids for technology firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... the same time, the Independent Bid Committee notes that, since the company was listed, an uncertain macroeconomic environment, including higher inflation and interest rates, has led to a significant change in capital market sentiment regarding companies ...