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Productivity woes endure in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Productivity, a concept treasurer Jim Chalmers recently described as too often seen as "cold" and "almost soulless," despite it being, as he also noted, the best way to improve people's lives over time, was stagnant in the March quarter and declined ...

Airlie calls time on Concentrated Share Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Airlie Funds Management will shutter its Concentrated Share Fund next week following a review. Magellan Asset Management as responsible entity said: "Given the Fund's small size, which impacts the expense ratio charged to unitholders in the fund ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...

Resilient job market reduces rate cut probability: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
While the Australian unemployment rate remained unchanged, experts are becoming less optimistic we'll see many more rate cuts this year. The Australian labour market remained robust in May, with the unemployment rate sitting at 4.1%, Australian Bureau ...

Acenda Group assembles board of directors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Four independent non-executive directors have been named to the board of what will be known as the Acenda Group, following the merger with Resolution Life Australasia. Catherine Dubé, David Stephen, Melissa Babbage and Rosheen Garnon will become independent ...

Green moves: Airtrunk, JPMorgan, T. Rowe Price

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Airtrunk lands a renewables specialist, JPMorgan hires from Amazon, and T. Rowe Price promotes an impact executive. Robert Bartrop has returned to Sydney to lead the social impact and community strategy at AirTrunk, the Asia Pacific technology company ...

ART overhaul sees senior portfolio managers exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Australian Retirement Trust's leadership overhaul has led to the departure of two senior portfolio managers. Ondre Ozer is set to leave ART as the country's second-largest superannuation fund moves to disband its investment resilience and planning ...

‍Padua recruits tech professional

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Padua Solutions has appointed Dimitri Diamantes to the newly created role of senior technical services manager, overseeing the advice fintech's software, services, research and data divisions. Diamantes has almost two decades of experience in financial ...

Betashares names director of private assets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
James Fleiter, a former member of the institutional sales team at Ares Management Australia, has joined Betashares as the exchange-traded funds provider expands into private credit. Fleiter joins as director of private assets after taking three months' ...

T. Rowe Price welcomes head of impact fixed income

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
T. Rowe Price has named a head of impact fixed income, promoting Matt Lawton to the newly created role. Lawton, who manages the Global Impact Credit Strategy and the Global Impact Short Duration Bond Strategy, takes on the newly created role to provide ...