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Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
The controversial $370 billion pact between the US, Australia, and the UK, or 'AUKUS', is being sold as a boon for the economy and nation-building exercise that will amplify defence capabilities and strengthen regional security. But is it all ...

Regal indicted for alleged short-selling breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
Regal Partners has been indicted by the South Korean securities watchdog after a former employee allegedly breached the country's tough short-selling rules. The Korean Prosecutor's Office issued an indictment against Regal and its former employee ...

Franklin Templeton boosts sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
Franklin Templeton has added Cooper Investors' head of intermediary distribution Rebecca Morgan to its sales team. Felicity Walsh, managing director of Franklin Templeton Australia and NZ, confirmed that Morgan has joined the global asset manager ...

Perks announces new acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
Adelaide-based financial services and accounting firm Perks has acquired local accounting and business services company, GPK Holdich. Perks said the partnership will further strengthen the firm's position as one of Australia's largest independently ...

AustralianSuper pumps $2.2bn into US data centre

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
AustralianSuper is making its first investment in a US data centre platform for $2.2 billion in a bid to capitalise on the soaring demand for cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure. Texas-based DataBank has found a place in AustralianSuper's ...

Iress rejigs leadership team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
Iress has promoted from within to fill a new deputy chief executive role, to allow chief executive Marcus Price to focus more on strategic growth opportunities. It comes as the group also loses the co-founder of Xplan. The financial software and data ...

'Challenging period' for active managers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2024
The S&P Dow Jones SPIVA Global Scorecard has revealed another tough year for active management in 2024. Initially covering just US-domiciled funds, nine regional year-end scorecards now cover active performance in funds operating in markets in Australia ...

RQI Investors promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
RQI Investors, an active quantitative equities manager within the First Sentier Investors Group, has promoted three senior staffers. Joanna Nash and Ron Guido have expanded their responsibilities as senior quantitative portfolio managers with promotions ...

Betashares launches defence ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2024
Betashares has launched an ETF that targets companies dedicated to manufacturing weapons and military equipment and technology. Betashares Global Defence ETF was admitted on the ASX on October 4 under the ticker code ARMR. It invests in up to 60 companies ...

CFMG Capital raises for $26m Brisbane project

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 OCT 2024
The Queensland-based fund manager has launched a capital raising to fund development of a recently acquired site at Rochedale, south of Brisbane. The 3.37ha site is situated on Farley Road and will be developed into a 27-lot gated community, with prices ...