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LGT Crestone promotes investment duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
LGT Crestone has announced two senior promotions within its chief investment office, strengthening its asset allocation and capital markets leadership. Firstly, the private wealth firm has promoted Matthew Tan to head of asset allocation, acknowledging ...

Inflation continues to drop, calls for RBA cut grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data shows inflation rose 2.1% in the 12 months to May, down from 2.4% in April. "The 2.1% annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in May was down from 2.4% in April and the lowest since October 2024," ABS ...

JANA executive jumps to Channel

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Channel Capital has welcomed a veteran asset consultant to the group as head of investment oversight. The appointment of JANA executive Matthew Griffith underlines Channel Capital's move to enhance its investment and portfolio governance platform. ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Future Fund chair Greg Combet said that the $300 billion sovereign wealth fund has received the green light from the government to manage a portion of its portfolio internally, speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event ...

ASX offloads interest in Digital Asset

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has sold its shareholding in Digital Asset Holdings, the firm it partnered with in 2016 to build the doomed CHESS replacement. The sale price is approximately $57 million, with a pre-tax gain of about $42 million ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says the Coalition will "fight to the death" to ensure the taxing of unrealised capital gains is abandoned. Appearing on the Today show this morning, Canavan and Greens leader Larissa Waters debated the viability of the ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney has sounded the alarm that the Australian stock market is dangerously concentrated, with the 'Hateful Eight' companies - the big four banks, Macquarie, Wesfarmers, Goodman Group, and Aristocrat - racking ...

Zurich snatches Suncorp claims specialist

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Zurich Financial Services Australia has appointed a new head of claims excellence for Australia and New Zealand from Suncorp. Currently serving as head of complex natural hazard home claims at Suncorp, Morris Garsin will join in August to drive Zurich's ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
Two experts have said managed funds would be a more popular investment if they "took a little less for themselves". Speaking at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association's (SIAA) 2025 conference, experts working across listed investment ...