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Managed account market reaches $175bn

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2022
... $131 billion as at 31 December 2021. Of the past five years, to December 2021, the growth was the highest in 2021, with a huge 81% increase in FUA, fuelled by strong market returns, inflows and platforms restructuring with managed accounts functionality. ...

Just 14.8% of hedge fund leaders are female: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... prove themselves more and have a relevant track record," she said. Bergman also noted that, while the industry has seen a huge amount of change, it's still women pushing their female counterparts forward, with more women tending to recommend female candidates ...

Liberals should liberate Australians from super: Bragg

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2022
... banks and insurers richer than ever and lamented excessive fees and lack of competition. He also called super a strange but huge experiment that should be made voluntary for Australians earning under $50,000. "Super is making home ownership much harder ...

HESTA opposes AGL demerger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
The industry fund will not back the proposed demerger, saying it will not adequately support decarbonisation efforts and therefore wouldn't serve its members' best interests. HESTA said it has engaged with AGL and decided to vote against the demerger. ...

New Horizon Investment Management adds Melbourne office

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2022
... capital and private equity institution which was founded in 1994. Already, the firm said its current office in Sydney has seen "huge interest with new clients" since its establishment in 2015. NMIH's head of portfolio management in Sydney James Spencer ...

Industry groups welcome Labor government

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... cybercrime. In the wake of the new change of government, the Investor Group on Climate Change also posited that there was a huge opportunity to unlock more than $130 billion in climate investment. In a statement, the Investor Group on Climate Change ...

Super home buyer scheme fails to move the needle

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
At first glance, the government's superannuation plan for homebuyers seemed a compelling proposition, but concrete analysis has revealed that at best it's only a marginal measure. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has applauded both ...

Superannuation not a super solution to housing affordability

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2022
Homeownership rates have plummeted, but unions and industry groups have had a negative response to Scott Morrison's last-ditch pitch to 'aspirational Australians'. Morrison has said that supporting first home buyers is a key part of his government's ...

Super Guarantee increases now ironclad

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... Liberal MPs were highly tentative about the super guarantee rise. In a 2020 tweet, Tim Wilson, whose Melbourne seat is under huge threat from independent Zoe Daniel posted: "Increasing the compulsory super contribution will make it harder for young Aussies ...

State Street bags K2 Asset Management mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
... the Purpose Bitcoin ETF. So far, the fund has had lacklustre trading volumes although this is likely attributable to the huge crypto market sell-off. The total cryptocurrency market capitalisation has fallen from $US2.9 trillion to $US1.2 trillion in ...