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Aussie investors optimistic about returns

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
... therefore so too has the opportunity set for active management. "We feel 'higher for longer' is a much better environment for stock-pickers and asset allocators," he said.

Super funds missing out on rich returns from Aussie agriculture

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2023
Global pension funds are increasing investments in Australian agriculture, the nation's second-largest real estate sector, prompting Warakirri Asset Management managing director Jim McKay to question the relative absence of superannuation funds. Warakirri ...

Rest hires policy lead from HESTA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... government. He served as chief of staff to Victoria's minister for early childhood education, workplace safety and environment for just over two years. He also spent three years working for former Victorian premier Daniel Andrews. Burgio has a legal ...

Lombard Odier breaks into Australia, issues private credit mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
Lombard Odier Investment Managers (LOIM), the asset management division of the Swiss private bank, has awarded a mandate to Equity Trustees for its first offering in Australia. The LOIM Sustainable Private Credit (Australia) Unit Trust seeks to deliver ...

Wages growth reaches unsustainable level: Mousina

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 NOV 2023
... is that it can lead to wage price spirals," she said. "I understand the sentiment that we've been in this tough environment for a year, and people have seen high rates of inflation, so they want to be compensated for that, but in the long term, it's ...

ASIC to crack down on superannuation misconduct

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 NOV 2023
ASIC has announced plans for strong, targeted enforcement action in the superannuation sector, focusing on member outcomes in 2024. Baring its teeth in an enforcement and regulatory update released today, the corporate regulator signalled that tackling ...

Nominations open in FS Sustainability Power50

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
FS Sustainability 's ESG Power50 nominations are now open, searching for the most influential ESG professionals working at ASX-listed companies. Building on the success of the 2023 ESG Power50 list, readers of FS Sustainability along with FS Super ...

Aussie banks deliver record profits in FY23

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 NOV 2023
... banks' agendas," he said. Garland noted that strategic challenges remain, and uncertainties exist in the external environment that will require vigilance and focus from the banks. "There remains considerable uncertainty in the external environment," ...

ANZ rakes in $7.4bn profit

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... geopolitical tensions," he said. Elliott explained that ANZ carefully managed costs to partially offset the high inflation environment while continuing to invest in initiatives to set the bank up for sustainable long-term success. The investments included ...

A-REIT strategies outperform G-REITs

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2023
... designed to offer downside protection when the relevant sector and/or broader markets are falling." In that type of environment, Le said that active strategies may be better designed to protect capital, like some skilled active managers demonstrated ...