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Active Super PM opens asset consultant

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... offices and private wealth firms. "These deals often require large capital commitments and strong relationships with fund managers. They also demand a thorough due diligence process, examining management teams, investment strategies, and legal structures." ...

Sliver of Aussie global equity managers beat index: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Just 15% of active Australian global equity fund managers outperformed the benchmark, making 2024 one of the worst years for performance, the latest SPIVA Scorecard shows. Last year saw 85% of active global equity funds struggle to keep pace over the ...

Jones calls out super sector, hints at more reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... there are certainly improvements to be made. "We have done a lot of work to improve the performance of funds as fund managers, and growing wealth, and I think the industry has done a good job over 30 years of turning a small contribution from people's ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... market grows, it gives capacity for issuers to scale their businesses that in turn leads to MERs, the fees that fund managers charge, decline. Furthermore, market makers are drawn into the market because they see opportunities for trading. That increases ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
The markets regulator in China is threatening to slash the pay of fund managers by 50% if they underperform their benchmarks as part of a shake-up of the US$4.6 trillion mutual fund industry, according to a report. A Bloomberg article shows that the ...

Japanese asset manager enters Australian market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... established in 2011 to provide capital formation, funds management, and capital advisory solutions. The firm works with fund managers from across the globe and represents them in the institutional, family office, private bank, and wealth manager investor ...

NZ council seeks investment manager partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... Napier City Council, located on the eastern coast of the North Island, put forth a registration of interest (ROI) for fund managers who have demonstrable "experience and track record as an organisation in delivering services of a similar scale and scope ...

Tokenisation can save US$135m in back-office costs: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... future where asset managers can cut costs and boost revenue simultaneously," Godins said. However, more than half of fund managers do not use DLT because of deployment costs, while 19% said they could not see its benefits. "Given that the technology ...

Stockspot officially launches low-cost super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... should be simple - your money should be invested in cost-effective, diversified assets that work for you, not for fund managers," Stockspot founder and chief executive Chris Brycki said. "Australians deserve a super fund that prioritises their savings ...

Financial services chips away at gender pay gap: WGEA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... sitting at $307,000. Across the board, financial services workers took home $162,000 on average. At a company level, fund managers appear to regress, with the likes of Magellan Asset Management and Platinum Asset Management reporting a 44.9% and 43.8% ...