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Cbus appoints deputy investment chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
Cbus has named a new deputy chief investment officer to replace the role Alexandra Campbell vacated last July. Leigh Gavin was promoted to the role after serving as head of portfolio strategies since October 2023. Gavin oversaw the super fund's ...

Betashares launches Bitcoin, Ethereum ETFs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... management fee. Both ETFs were launched in partnership with crypto index fund manager Bitwise. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said investors globally are increasingly incorporating digital assets as part of a diversified portfolio, adding that ...

Our results were strong: Alexis George

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
AMP chief executive Alexis George has told Financial Standard that the company's 2024 financial year results were strong, despite its share price being caned since the announcement. George said that wealth business flows, excluding its bank, have ...

AMP profit dives as advice business sale bites

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
AMP's statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) slumped to $150 million in the 2024 financial year, nearly half the previous year's result, which the firm attributed to simplification spend and the sale of its advice business. The prior year's ...

Alexander Funds recruits regional manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Alexander Funds has hired a new regional manager to cover Australia's southern states. The Melbourne based fund management boutique has hired Beatriz Marchueta to cover Victoria South Australia and Tasmania, based in Melbourne. Marchueta will join ...

PIMCO hires former Global X sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... BlackRock and Fidelity International. The head of sales at the Australian business is Manny Damianakis. In another move, Alex Zaika recently joined the firm from GAM Investments where he had been the local managing director since 2018. Global X ETFs ...

Monroe Capital sets up shop in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2025
... credit asset class. We have a tremendous opportunity to expand our footprint in this significant market." Monroe head of Asia Alex Kim said it was exciting to welcome Fu to the team. "Galen is a great addition to deepen our efforts and demonstrate Monroe ...

Canadian pension fund names new CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board named a new investment chief of PSP investments and a new head of the pension fund's private markets subsidiary. Patrick Charbonneau has been appointed chief investment officer of PSP Investments. ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... Fund ranked second with a 29% return, followed by the Forager Australian Fund with a 28.8% return. Forager portfolio manager Alex Shevelev told Financial Standard the fund manager was pleased with the result last calendar year, noting more than half ...

Coalition members call for superannuation guarantee reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... superannuation, allowing them to limit SG contribution to 9% of their salary, according to The Australian. Liberal Party senator Alex Antic, likewise, told the publication he would be open to reforms that give workers more control over their superannuation ...