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Schroders expands stable of global equity funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
Schroders launched a new global equity fund this week, aiming to exploit 'growth gaps.' The Schroder Global Equity Alpha Fund was introduced to wholesale and institutional investors this week, a concentrated portfolio of global equities managed by co-head ...

Challenger goes for growth with State Street

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... Australia's leader in retirement income, and through Fidante, a partner to many of Australia's best-known boutique funds management brands, State Street is ideally placed to support our growth ambitions. In selecting a world leader to uplift ...

Evergreen funds prime for retail PE investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
... During a panel session at the act Conference 2024 yesterday, private equity experts spoke of the growing appeal of evergreen funds as a vehicle for retail investors looking to invest in private markets. Unlike traditional private funds, evergreen funds ...

ClearBridge launches new ESG fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
... the economic cycle and thus lend stability during extreme market movements." The announcement comes at a low tide for ESG funds, according to a recent study from Preqin. According to its Alternatives in APAC 2024 report, ESG funds have struggled to raise ...

Super fund merger prompts investment changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... fund will retain the CareSuper name, feature a new executive lineup, and manage around 572,000 members with $52 billion in funds under management. It will be led by current Spirit Super chief executive Jason Murray and chaired by current CareSuper chair ...

End of the road for three Franklin Templeton funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
Franklin Templeton has terminated two funds and is in the process of shuttering another as the strategies failed to scale assets under management (AUM). The funds are Martin Currie Diversified Income Fund, Martin Currie Tactical Allocation Fund, and ...

CFS reviews Ironbark mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... to manage its assets on a "care and maintenance basis until a decision had been made about the future management of the funds." CFS is the issuer and Responsible Entity of the Ironbark Royal London Concentrated Global Share Fund and Ironbark Royal London ...

VFMC appoints deputy chair

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced an addition to the board and a new deputy chair. Tom Considine will be deputy chair of the quasi-sovereign wealth fund. A partner at Sayers Group, Considine joined the VFMC board in 2021 with ...

Former Courtenay House director sentenced

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
... promising high returns from futures and FX trading; much of the money was used to fund his lifestyle, with just 3% of the funds actually traded, ASIC said. Iervasi was the sole director of the business throughout the period and was charged in December ...

Australian ETF market hits $206bn: Global X

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
... driven by more than $21.4 billion in net inflows, positive market movements, and the conversion of numerous unlisted active funds into active ETFs, it said. Global shares and bond ETFs were among the most popular asset classes for Australian investors ...