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JANA names Georgina Dudley new chief executive

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... "Georgina was the optimum candidate to continue to grow and build JANA's capabilities to serve our clients with our world-class asset consulting services." Lamborn will remain with JANA as executive director and continue to provide input into its ...

AustralianSuper breaks into world's top 20 pension funds

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
The superannuation giant has jumped two places in a global survey of pensions and now ranks number 20 with total assets of US$169 billion. According to annual research conducted by the Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments, 15 Australian ...

Increasing number of advisers look to self-licence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... more profitable this year, compared to 34% in 2021. "This is encouraging as it indicates advisers are adapting to the 'new world'. Contributing to improved practice profit margins is a continued move by advisers focusing their efforts on acquiring and ...

eToro launches local stocks portfolio

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
From today, investors can access the AussieEconomy portfolio, an investment basket offering long-term exposure to high performing ASX-listed companies. The 35 stocks that make up the portfolio are from a variety of industries including commodities ...

Future Fund assets drop to $194.4bn

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... and global bonds both fell over 10% during the year and that is because inflation is rising and central banks around the world are responding by rising interest rates which in turn is hitting asset values," he said. "To preserve the capital of the fund ...

MetLife Investment Management to buy $1bn AIM

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 AUG 2022
... fixed income and real estate," Goulart said. AIM co-founder Stephen Fitzgerald added: "We are pleased to be able to join a world-class institutional investment firm in MIM and continue our mission to deliver mainstream financial returns along with positive ...

Are Australia's wealthiest tight-fisted?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... Australians' income and philanthropic giving has found that although top-end wealth has grown, giving has lagged. Australia has the world's second highest median level of wealth and the fourth highest average level of wealth, plus more than 1.8 million ...

Platinum remains positive despite net profit loss

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... of Platinum's non-executive director and co-founder Kerr Neilson. "So many things were deferred as I charged around the world as a fund manager that I now need to fill-in the missing pieces," Neilson said on his departure, effective November 16. "I will ...

A strong super system cushions the economy: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... called the pool of national savings created by the super system a key strength of the Australian economy and the envy of the world. According to the report, in periods of economic uncertainty and market volatility, the long-term focus of industry funds ...

Adam Willis joins DWS distribution team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2022
... learnings are implemented. We will have more experience than most in dealing with ambiguous rules which will come handy in a world that is still debating whether nuclear is green and where ESG will feature prominently in the US midterm election." In ...