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HNW clients demand more non-custody assets: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... their clients invested in alternative assets in the last 12 months. Such trends are particularly pronounced in portfolios above $6 million, where client sophistication and demand for direct investment opportunities drive adoption. While direct shares ...

NZ council seeks investment manager partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... operations. At the same time, Napier City Council said it is tasked with preserving and growing the value of the portfolio above inflation for current and future generations. The council seeks investment managers that have local representation in New ...

War on inflation: Australia vs New Zealand

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... slowed to 1.1% in 2024, and the unemployment rate rose by only 0.6ppt. Core inflation has fallen more slowly and is still above the RBA's target band year-on-year, albeit projected to ease further," Bloxham said. "The RBA has just cut its cash rate ...

PM Capital confirms proposal to acquire Platinum funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... funds. This values the offer at $1.30 per PAI share, reflecting a 20.1% premium to PAI's latest closing price - well above the 1.8% premium under the PAXX proposal. The PAXX proposal is a plan by Platinum Investment Management to merge PAI with the ...

ASIC bans Brisbane-based financial services director

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... total liabilities of JB Markets remained under the $1 million threshold for a small business restructure. As a result of the above conduct, ASIC said it has reasons to believe that Aardoom is not a fit and proper person to participate in the financial ...

Alpencrest ramps up expansion, signs Aussie affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... equity strategy. Price said LSN recorded a strong three-year track record in December 2024 with a 7.1% p.a. outperformance above the Small Ordinaries Index. "LSN focuses on identifying high-quality, underappreciated small-cap opportunities within the ...

Schroders launches new active ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... fixed income, Schroders said. "HIGH is an actively managed credit strategy that seeks to deliver returns of 2.5-to-3% a year above the cash rate, before fees, all the way through the cycle," Morcos said. "HIGH provides access to the traditionally defensive ...

RBA delivers 'cautious' cut, road ahead unclear

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2025
... costs remains high. "If monetary policy is eased too much too soon, disinflation could stall, and inflation would settle above the midpoint of the target range. In removing a little of the policy restrictiveness in its decision... the board acknowledges ...

Fiducian FUMAA swell to $14.4bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... recession is not forecast, we continue to take a balanced approach for our diversified funds, and we remain only marginally above benchmark in our exposure to 'growth' assets," Fiducian executive chair Indy Singh said. "We retain a bias towards ...

ETF industry passes $250bn mark

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... S&P/ASX 200 ETF. Meanwhile, the VanEck ETF industry pulse January 2025 report found all ETF issuers experienced flows well above their respective averages for January. "January flows were predominantly driven by Australian equity and international equity ...