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ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... resilient, with the unemployment rate broadly unchanged in July at 6.4%. Amundi Investment Institute head of developed markets strategy research Guy Stear expects rates will be lowered again in October and December as "policy is still too restrictive ...

Aussies unprepared to manage retirement income

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... advisers, found that knowing what approach to take for pension income - for instance, drawdown, annuity, or a blended strategy - was the second largest issue facing consumers at retirement. While most adults are financially literate - managing bills ...

Rising HNW numbers fuel need for specialist advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... investors in Australia last year, bringing with it increased demand for estate planning, tax optimisation, and investment strategy advice. About 690,000 Australians are now considered HNWs, up from 635,000 last year, new insights from Praemium and Investment ...

Lazard AM brings Japanese equities fund to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... at a minimum of US$500 million. Led by June-Yon Kim, portfolio manager from the Tokyo-based Japanese equity team, the strategy has been in operation since 2006. By sector, its biggest holdings are in banking, electric appliances, machinery, chemicals ...

New global chiefs for abrdn, Schroders

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
... 30-year career at PwC, working in roles that included managing the banking and capital markets assurance unit, and leading strategy and communications. Schroders chair Elizabeth Corley said: "The board was unanimous that Richard was the stand-out candidate. ...

Metrics to list CRE fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
A new Metrics Credit Partners real estate fund is set to debut on the ASX, marking the fund manager's third strategy on the exchange. The Metrics Real Estate Multi-Strategy Fund is scheduled to list on or around October 16 under the ticker code ...

Elanor shakes up leadership, sells down fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... said it will commence a search for a new chief once "the group is further advanced in the execution of its stabilisation strategy". Siviour has been operations chief at Elanor for over a decade and previously worked at EY and Investec. The departures ...

MLC Life appoints two C-suite executives

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
MLC Life Insurance has appointed a chief executive, individual business and a chief customer and strategy officer. Gerard Kerr joins the life insurer as chief executive, individual business, while Jane McGovern moves internally from chief risk officer ...

Nikko Asset Management to become Amova

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... Tokyo in 1959, describing itself as "a global citizen with Asian DNA." It said it also symbolises the path forward in its strategy to strengthen growth in Japan and to further expand globally. Nikko explained that the 'Am' in Amova stands for asset management ...

VanEck to launch defence ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... and the consistent and identifiable trends supportive of the sector's growth, we decided to bring this investment strategy to the ASX," Neiron said. Importantly, DFND tracks the MarketVector Global Defence Industry Index, which excludes companies ...