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ETF market to soar 30%: State Street

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... market will close on US$400 billion in assets under management (AUM) as policy makers from the government and state investment fund use ETFs as a tool to stabilise equity markets. In South Korea, ETF assets exceed US$50 billion. Australia and Hong Kong ...

Regal shutters East Point AM

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... exit of a seed investor. Regal acquired the Hong Kong-based alternative fund manager last year. EPAM founder and chief investment officer Simon Walsh and his team joined Regal in supporting Regal managing the ASX-listed Asian equity strategy (RG8), as ...

Morningstar warns of stretched valuations in Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... improved flows and cost reductions. "While Perpetual's investments business is in net outflow, we believe improving investment performance supports new mandate wins and lower redemptions," Morningstar said. "Additionally, we anticipate improved flows ...

Qantas Super taps fintech as an investment consultant

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
Qantas Super has partnered with Ortec Finance, a fintech company headquartered in Rotterdam, as an investment performance consultant. The $8.9 billion corporate super fund will use Ortec's investment performance managed service via an outsourcing arrangement ...

Zenith welcomes back original partner

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
Zenith Investment Partners has announced the return of one of its original partners and senior investment consultant Ben Davis to the business. Davis will return to Zenith at the start of May, working alongside investment director and founding partner ...

Rest teams up with Fidelity to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
Rest has announced it is further diversifying its industrial property and impact investment allocations by signing on as a cornerstone investor in Fidelity International's Fidelity Real Estate Logistics Climate Impact Fund (LOGICs). The LOGICs fund ...

IMF flags concerns over 'risky' private credit market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2024
... capital globally last year. The private credit market, which specialises in non-bank financial institutions such as investment funds lending to corporate borrowers, is now nearing market share equal to that of syndicated loans and high-yield bonds. "This ...

Monochrome makes play to become a spot Bitcoin ETF in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Monochrome Asset Management has moved its bid for a spot Bitcoin ETF to Cboe from the ASX. The investment manager said Cboe is at the forefront of financial innovation, especially trade execution, which perfectly aligns with its ambition to expand its ...

Corporate super fund to be terminated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Another of the few remaining standalone corporate superannuation funds will close its doors this year. After almost five decades, the Manildra Flour Mills Retirement Fund (MFMRF) has been closed to new members and will be wound up. The fund was established ...

Hejaz awards technology mandate to wealth platform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
Hejaz has appointed wealth fintech Openmarkets to equip its in-development Shariah-compliant investment platform with trading and execution technology solutions. Openmarkets will support the platform with API-led market infrastructure technology, enabling ...