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Magellan bolsters investment and distribution ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Magellan Asset Management has strengthened both its distribution and investment teams with a string of senior hires, sharpening its adviser focus and deepening its equities and infrastructure bench. Andrew Dowling, who joins next month, will be based ...

US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... response from the Iranian regime will be." Likewise, deVere Group chief executive Nigel Green said markets are bracing for sharp volatility - particularly when US markets open on Monday local time. "The US strike on Iran's nuclear sites is a market-defining ...

Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Termination payments for chief executives of the largest ASX-listed firms decreased significantly in FY24, hitting the lowest levels in 15 years. However, in the same period, those at companies outside of the ASX 100 rose considerably. Research by the ...

Select stocks in charge of their own destiny: Aoris

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... would include businesses with a housing cycle, trade and tariffs, and politics. "And we don't want to be in what I call the sharp end of change. Change is always exciting but it's always fluid and makes the future very uncertain - our businesses are ...

BFA Global heads offshore

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Private assets investment manager BFA Global Investors is expanding into Singapore as the firm looks to capitalise on growing institutional demand across Asia-Pacific markets. The move marks a significant milestone for the investment manager led by ...

Aware Real Estate names new chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Aware Real Estate (ARE) has appointed Tracey Whitby as chief executive of the $2.5 billion property fund, effective June 1. Whitby had been serving as interim chief executive for the past six months. The property arm's chair Rod Fehring praised ...

AIOFP, FAAA encouraged by first meeting with Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
Following their inaugural meeting with new financial services minister Daniel Mulino, the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) and Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) feel enthused about the impact he will have ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... first on the checklist was the Trump administration's action around tariffs. "... as far as markets are concerned, a sharp increase in tariffs - it's not good for growth, it's not good for inflation, and it's not good for company earnings," ...

Australian investors loyal to wealth managers - until they're not

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
Australian investors show a greater willingness to stay with their wealth provider than their global counterparts, according to the 2025 EY Global Wealth Research Report. However, despite this relative loyalty, more than one in five investors still ...

Most investment managers see outflows - but who captured the most?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... 17% driven by net flows and 7% from market gains. "The managed funds industry continues to attract funds, but there's a sharp contrast between unlisted unit trusts and ETFs," Rainmaker said. Seven asset class sectors had positive net flows over the period ...