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Perpetual, Pendal combine multi-asset capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... team, Perpetual said. Blayney joined Pendal in August 2017 from First State Super where he served as head of investment strategy. He's also previously worked at Perpetual, including as head of diversified strategies. "We are bringing together the ...

PGIM launches new platform in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... Real Estate has expanded its agriculture financing platform into Australia as part of the asset manager's global growth strategy. PGIM said Australia marks the first expansion of its agriculture lending business beyond North America. PGIM Real Estate ...

Iress sells mortgages arm to Bain Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... for $164.3 million before costs. The financial software firm said the sale is a big step in its ongoing transformation strategy to sell-off non-core assets. The net proceeds from the sale will be used to retire debt, enabling Iress to focus on growing ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces new investment strategy and options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has announced a range of changes to its investment strategy and options. ART chief of retirement, Kathy Vincent, said the fund engaged its members, advisers and employers to co-design the new investment menu. "When ...

Australian Retirement Trust completes Alcoa merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... became part of Australian Retirement Trust," Woodall said. "Mergers like this are part of our fund's well-considered strategy to grow Australian Retirement Trust in a way that benefits our more than 2.3 million members. "We believe scaling up the fund ...

Low-margin clients hurt practice valuations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... advisers can unlock significant growth potential," she said. Viskovic added that practices that involved their team in strategy and improvement planning experienced an average of 25% EBIT compared to 20% for those practice owners who did their strategic ...

MetLife chair Geoff Brunsdon retires after 13 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... organisation through major developments including the launch of MetLife's Retail business in 2018, the launch of a new business strategy in 2020 and navigating the impact of COVID-19. "Geoff has been an integral part of the MetLife business for more ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... Finura joint managing director Peter Worn says several companies still cavalierly use the term AI to signal a growth strategy to investors, often lacking genuine substance behind the claim. He says it's a burgeoning tactic to "throw investors off the ...

Government consults on options to improve performance test

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
... overcome the test's limitations - namely, its reliance on a single-metric benchmark portfolio that only evaluates investment strategy execution without considering strategic decision-making or risk management. Moreover, the difficulty in benchmarking ...

Unmet financial advice needs affect millions in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAR 2024
... Financial advice report indicated persistent barriers to accessing advice, with the most demand for guidance on investment strategy, longevity risk, and superannuation growth. Investment Trends head of research Irene Guiamatsia said that despite these ...