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Navigating the impact investment sector for instos

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
Institutional investors can face more obstacles in navigating the impact investment sector, and while it generates fruitful returns, an expert says it actually doesn't always produce a positive outcome after all. Discussing how impact investing ...

Buyout firm nabs GQG executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
EQT, the Swedish buyout firm, has snapped up GQG Partners' long-serving distribution lead. Daniel Bullock - who worked at GQG for six years - has been appointed EQT's head of private wealth in Australia. Under his leadership, GQG's distribution ...

New gig for JP Morgan's AI guru

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Sydney-based Berowne Hlavaty has been appointed global head of applied AI and data science at JP Morgan, the financial services giant. After a long career in quantitative research strategy, Hlavaty is making a switch to an internal technology role where ...

Oreana targets early education assets with new fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Following its expanded footprint in Australia, the property development and investment firm has launched a new fund targeting early education properties for wholesale and institutional investors. The fund is seeking an initial capital raise of $60 million ...

Powerhouse Ventures to launch flagship fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Powerhouse Ventures has provided an update on its strategic plans for the launch of its flagship private technology fund, to be called the Critical Infrastructure Opportunities Fund. The new fund will be launched under the Burleigh Ventures brand and ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
State Super closed its main defined benefit schemes in 1985 and 1992, meaning the fund is on a long slow march to completion. Its chief executive John Livanas unpacks the challenges of managing a fund with no new members and an inevitable end. State ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
The ASX recorded its biggest-ever ETF market turnover in a day earlier this month, hitting a whopping $2 billion on March 6, largely thanks to BlackRock reducing its equities exposure and shoring up defensive assets within its model portfolios. The ...

FNZ wins mandate, names APAC head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
FNZ has been handed a mandate by a $56 billion industry super fund, while also welcoming a Sydney-based head of Asia Pacific. The wealth technology platform has been selected by CareSuper to take over as its direct investment option (DIO) provider ...

ETF market dips but bright spots emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
The $3.11 billion net flows in February struggled to boost the Australian ETF market's position, with funds under management (FUM) dropping to $255 billion, according to VanEck's monthly ETF data. February marked the eighth consecutive month ...

Super doesn't have to be 'boring', but innovation is key

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
Leaders at Aware Super, NGS Super, Rest and AMP have all pointed to slow moving systems as standing in the way of innovation while speaking at the AM Tech Day conference in Sydney. AMP group executive, platforms Edwina Maloney said traditional thinking ...