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Advised investors spurring SMSF rebound

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... to new research from AUSIEX, new SMSF account openings were driven by advised clients as the number of self-directed investors opening SMSF accounts declined. Perhaps unsurprisingly, generation X - those likely to inherit the bulk of the intergenerational ...

UK manager recruits Australia head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... Thurgood was responsible for identifying and developing relationships with pension funds, private banks, institutional investors and other investors. Before that, the sales executive was the managing director of Nomura Asset Management Australia. Earlier ...

MFS Investment Management appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... investment platform." As of February 29, MFS managed assets totalling US$615.1 billion for individual and institutional investors globally.

Low-margin clients hurt practice valuations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... demonstrate a solid profit margin above the cost to serve. Among the transactions that took place in 2023, the number of investors taking a minority or majority equity stake in scaled advice practices has increased. "This area of the market is growing ...

Advanced ETP portfolios come at higher cost, complexity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
Investors can opt for a more advanced portfolio of exchange-traded products (ETPs), but this comes with increased fees and complexity. According to Rainmaker Information, constructing a balanced portfolio with intermediate ETPs, which target systemic ...

New Forests appoints first global head of funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... and Sanjiv are key hires who will bring their deep experience to our teams, helping us to continue to deliver to our investors, while ensuring we're remaining focused on our vision of seeing investment in land use and forestry as central to the transition ...

Centuria raises $50m for new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
Centuria Capital Group has launched a new fund to wholesale investors that targets counter-cyclical opportunities across the property sectors and debt. The Centuria Select Opportunities Fund (CSOF) is a closed-ended unlisted fund targeting a 15% internal ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
The latest Global Dividend Index by Janus Henderson Investors revealed global dividends experienced an uptick of 5% on an underlying basis, reaching a record of US$1.66 trillion in 2023. The report revealed the year closed on a particularly positive ...

Bitcoin hits fresh high as investors await halving event

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
... Binance Australia and New Zealand general manager, said he is excited to see the growing interest in crypto among new investors. "We've always had an unwavering belief in the potential of cryptocurrency and it's exciting to see more and more people becoming ...

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
... trade at deeply discounted valuations, and these positive developments are far from priced in. As 2024 unfolds, we think investors will start to recognise this disconnect and send equity prices higher."