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Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... came off the back of monetary and fiscal stimulus in September 2024. But the rally began to fade from October 2024 to January 2025. "Escalating US-China trade tensions pose further downside risks to the economic outlook. However, China equity saw a strong ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... also purchased Lendlease's Melbourne Quarter project in 2021 for $1.2 billion and Scape Australia Student Housing in January 2025 for $700 million. Metrics managing partner Andrew Lockhart said he was pleased to partner with both NPS and Townsend. ...

GQG loses top sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... GQG's Australia and New Zealand business. Bullock's exit comes as GQG Partners recorded US$1.7 billion net flows in January, bringing its total funds under management to US$160.4 billion. The Florida-based active manager recorded US$20.2 billion ...

MLC Life explores new market

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... Lanani told his LinkedIn community that February would have marked an 18-year innings at TAL but "stumps" were called in January. "It's been so rewarding always to be breaking new ground in delivering innovative life insurance solutions for Aussie ...

ETF market dips but bright spots emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... eighth consecutive month of over $3 billion in flows into Australian-based ETFs, following its $250 billion milestone in January. But the positive flows were insufficient to boost the market, with Australian equities flows down 44% to $791 million, while ...

AustralianSuper sued over death benefit delays

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... assess at least 6897 claims. This number does not include any claims made during the period that were still open as at 22 January 2025. In 941 instances, the member held a valid binding death benefit nomination (BDBN) at the time of their death. The ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... promises of unrealistic returns." ASIC banned unsolicited cold calling in life and consumer credit insurance sales in January 2020 following the Hayne Royal Commission, intending to "stop practices that lead to poor consumer outcomes and trust in the ...

Gender parity in financial services an economic imperative

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... move in the right direction. Fresh data from Saxo's global platform shows women trading for the first time between January and February was 155% higher than the prior corresponding period. Of this group, 57% were women aged 40 or under. Overall ...

ASIC bans adviser jailed for supplying drugs

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... and a half years in prison, with a non-parole period of four years on 16 December 2021. His non-parole period expires in January 2026. However, the ban indicates that Shortland will not be able to engage in any form of financial services for a further ...

Treasury responds to CHESS replacement inquiry

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... Infrastructure and Other Measures) Bill 2024 in September 2024, and consulted on a draft ministerial instrument from 15 January to 1 March 2024, and the Assistant Treasurer made the Corporations and Competition (CS Services) Instrument 2024, which entered ...