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Economic growth has 'moderated': CommSec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
... retail trade, housing finance, and business investment. Meanwhile South Australia ranks first on two indicators - construction work and dwelling starts," CommSec chief economist Ryan Felsman said. "Overall, the economic performance of Australia's states ...

Ascalon snags Evidentia executive

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
... Investment Partners as a senior investment consultant, where he advised financial advisers and institutions on portfolio construction, fund selection and investment governance. He also spent more than a decade at Lonsec Research, where he held senior ...

Financial services workers earn 12% pay rise

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
... Zealand, Hays found that the financial services sector led the pack in terms of salary growth during FY25-26. The construction (11.7%), IT and tech system design (9.6%), legal (7.8%) and mining (6.9%) sectors also reported strong salary growth. Such ...

Aware Super expands European footprint

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2025
Aware Super has announced it has acquired APG's stake in apartment-hotel owner and operator The July. Having already acquired a stake of the business in July 2020, it is now the majority shareholder. The announcement is a part of the super fund's ...

McKell Institute calls for CGT 'circuit breaker'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
... property investors to bid up the price of existing housing stock we should be encouraging them to contribute to the construction of new dwellings. Our modelling shows that with a couple of simple tweaks the government could stimulate supply without affecting ...

Prime Super bolsters investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... general manager of investments. In his new role, Proimos will be responsible for shaping the fund's portfolio construction at both the option and sector level and managing the fund's portfolio of direct unlisted assets. "We're pleased to ...

VFMC farewells asset allocation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... end of that period." The outgoing Taylor joined VFMC from Cbus, where she most recently ran portfolio strategy and construction. She was with Cbus for more than five years, having also been head of macroeconomic markets and research for over four years ...

Beware risks in private markets: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... "Democratisation improved access; retailisation enabled adoption. The next frontier is discernment - in selection, portfolio construction, and programme delivery."

Lendlease acquires 175 Liverpool Street

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
... Settlement is subject to satisfaction of conditions precedent. Over the last 12 months, Lendlease exited international construction operations in the US, UK and Asia. Last May, the group announced that as part of the restructure, some 3000 workers will ...

Rest Super loses investment risk lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... senior portfolio manager of quant solutions within QSuper's investment strategy team, Leck focused on portfolio construction, research and performance measurement. He held a similar role at Cbus Super, managing fixed credit and cash asset classes ...