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Australian Retirement Trust restructures leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has undergone a major organisational shakeup that's resulted in an overhaul of its executive leadership team, including some key departures. The $300 billion super fund, which is nipping at the heels of AustralianSuper ...

Investors brace for turbulence as Biden backs out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUL 2024
... economy to expand 2.2% in 2025 under a second Trump presidency, followed by 2.7% growth in 2026. deVere chief executive Nigel Green said Biden's decision to pull out of the race has put the markets on edge. "With Biden stepping down, the primary question ...

Rest awards private equity mandate to TowerBrook Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
... Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The fund will target opportunities in North America and Western Europe in sectors like green industry, clean energy, education, and human capital development. Rest chief investment officer Andrew Lill said that the ...

Pacific Current sells European boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2024
Pacific Current Group (PAC) has offloaded Carlisle Management Company to a NASDAQ-listed alternatives asset manager. Abacus Life has agreed to acquire Carlisle in full. It will pay for the acquisition via a combination of Abacus bonds and common stock. ...

MLC awards $285m mandate to Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... emerging markets," Graña said. "Their growth is creating several tailwinds in sectors such as biopharmaceuticals, fintechs and green energy, and run alongside favourable rate cutting cycles and GDP growth in these regions. Asset allocators across Australia ...

TelstraSuper pumps more into renewables

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... whilst also offering strong potential long-term returns," he said. TelstraSuper is also invested Hysata, a manufacturer of green electrolysers, which also has backing from Clean Energy Finance Corporation and Hostplus. TelstraSuper is currently exploring ...

Markets look to US rate cuts as inflation falls

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
... volatile food and energy costs, rose by 3.3%, slightly under the forecasted 3.4%. However, deVere group chief executive Nigel Green said the marginal decline in inflation, combined with Fed chair Jerome Powell's recent congressional testimony, has ...

Government lifts funding to preserve banking in the Pacific

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... attractive place for banks to do business." Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) governor Michele Bullock said pleasingly, there are "green shoots." She welcomed initiatives by the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat and the World Bank, like the Correspondent ...

AWAG invests in advice firm, adds to network

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
The Australian Wealth Advisors Group (AWAG) has taken a stake in Melican Financial Planning and added Murdoch Private Wealth to its licence. ASX-listed AWAG took a 20% stake in Melican Financial Planning, a firm that provides accounting, mortgage broking ...

ANZ, Blackstone launch HNWI fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... global markets to be transformed by major structural themes including disruptive technology, global demographics, and the green energy transition. We believe hedge funds will play an increasingly important role in multi-asset portfolios as investors ...