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Interest rates, liquidity top of mind for Future Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
... sovereign wealth fund delivered 6% in FY23 - well below its target of CPI plus 4%-5%. Chair Peter Costello said the performance reflects the portfolio's diversification across international markets and private assets. "The board is focused on maintaining ...

Alternatives to top $33tn by 2028

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 OCT 2023
... respondents, 90% reported that private debt either met or exceeded their expectations. All in all, Preqin said private debt performance is expected to be stronger than in the past, partly due to a positive outlook for distressed debt strategies. The ...

Magellan mulls converting closed-end fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... narrowed, he added that "there is more that can be done." This includes driving value through sustained investment performance and engaging in an active on-market buy-back that is accretive to performance, he said. Weekly estimates as of October 13 shows ...

Challenger posts record annuity sales

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... quality," Challenger managing director and chief executive Nick Hamilton said. "Our Life business delivered another strong performance, with annuity sales driving book growth of 4.2%. In particular, sales of lifetime and longer duration annuity business ...

The ugly truth: Unattractive fund managers are investment darlings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2023
... "These facts imply that good-looking managers could suffer overconfidence." However, while "comely managers" may lag in performance, they excel in drawing more fund inflows, suggestive of higher performance chasing for funds they lead. The study further ...

legalsuper appoints finance chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2023
... fund's members are invested, recorded a solid return of 7.92% for the year to 30 June 2023 - delivering a top-quartile performance when measured over the past two years combined.

Holistic remuneration tool launched to super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... founding director John Myers, who was most recently on Media Super's executive team, launched Perple - People Performance, focused on strategic inclusion. This involves blending open strategy with strategic risk and the organisational alignment of ...

AustralianSuper merges real assets functions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... opportunities for members." He added that recent years have made clear the importance of sector selection in driving performance across both property and infrastructure "as well as a blurring of investment opportunity classification across the two asset ...

Best and worst ETFs of past 12 months

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... topped its rankings with gains of 56.1% and 55.5%, respectively. These returns are largely attributed to the explosive performance of artificial intelligence companies, like NVIDIA. Next in line, the Betashares Global Uranium ETF (URNM) posted a 47.9% ...

PGIM Real Estate launches research lab

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2023
... officer Cathy Marcus said the firm believes that better technology can improve efficiency and create better investment performance. "Through RealAssetX, we are leveraging the depth and breadth of PGIM Real Estate's 53 years of data and research," she ...