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GDP grows but still slow: 'Confirms our worst fears'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2024
... hawkish leanings. Keeping policy restrictive till 'mid-2025' will not let the economy escape this deep downturn." IG market analyst Tony Sycamore said the soft GDP read reflects the RBA's restrictive policy settings. "The RBA's latest forecasts from ...

Family office investment lead joins TCorp

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... objectives and translate those goals into strategic asset allocation advice. Young joined Morningstar in 2007 as a senior data analyst based in the US. She eventually became director of manager research ratings, Asia Pacific, a position she was promoted ...

Low-cost funds outperform in most asset classes: Morningstar

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2024
... most expensive quintile was hampered by higher fee share classes of existing funds provided by secondary distributors," analyst and report author Liem Nguyen said. "Although the underlying funds were mostly successful, the higher fees posed too much ...

Active managers outperform in limited asset classes, fall short in survivorship

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
... active funds not only for shorter periods but also through the trailing 10 years," Morningstar manager research senior analyst Zunjar Sanzgiri said. In the Australia equity income category, active funds won out over all time periods, providing excessive ...

Platinum seeks insto managers, new asset classes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2024
... looking to get into that marketplace and serve Australian investors, and that's where our initial focus will be." An analyst asked Peters how the company is addressing underperformance; all funds except for the Platinum Asia Fund have underperformed ...

Prime Super names investments lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
... QSuper to create Australian Retirement Trust. McQueen began his career in financial services as an equities dealer and analyst, working for several companies, including Goldman Sachs, JBWere, ANZ Trustees and Myer Family Investments. As a dealer/analyst ...

Fed cuts rates as Powell is questioned on Trump win

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2024
The Federal Reserve cut interest rates overnight, in line with market expectations, but chair Jerome Powell faced a raft of questions over President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House. The Fed continued its policy easing cycle with a 25 ...

Asena Family Office adds chief investment officer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2024
The local arm of the US-based Asena Family Office has snared the high-profile John Likos as its investment chief. Likos - who has over 20 years of experience in financial markets - joins from BondAdviser, an employee-owned financial services provider ...

Funds SA adds to leadership team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2024
... domestic and international conferences and industry events. Before joining the $46 billion Adelaide-based fund, as a senior analyst, James held roles at the Victorian Funds Management Corporation focused on investment risk, and built extensive international ...

CommSec names new chief economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
CommSec has named Ryan Felsman as the new chief economist after Craig James announced he would be stepping down after more than 22 years with the firm. Felsman has been with CommSec since 2017 as senior economist. Prior to that he worked at Colonial ...