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State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
As interest rates continue to fall, small caps are poised to reap from the current macroeconomic backdrop and investors increasing their appetite for more risk, a fund manager says. Janus Henderson portfolio manager Nick Sheridan predicts the tide is ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered its benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points overnight as inflation comes within its target levels. The three key interest rates on the deposit facility, main refinancing operations and the marginal lending ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Stamford Capital's Debt Capital Markets survey has revealed that lenders are uneasy about the size and practices of Australia's private credit market. The survey gauged the sentiment of 100 major banks, non-banks, and second-tier banks. Stamford Capital ...

Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
ASIC is facing growing pressure to up the ante on regulating private markets, particularly private credit, as key stakeholders fear offerings are becoming increasingly accessible to retail investors. In response to the inaugural discussion paper that ...

LGT Crestone, AUSIEX acquisitions finalised

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
AUSIEX has finalised its acquisition of FIIG Holdings, while LGT Crestone's takeover of Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) private wealth business has completed. AUSIEX, which is a subsidiary of Nomura Research Institute (NRI), has now expanded ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Allan Gray chief investment officer Simon Mawhinney has sounded the alarm that the Australian stock market is dangerously concentrated, with the 'Hateful Eight' companies - the big four banks, Macquarie, Wesfarmers, Goodman Group, and Aristocrat - racking ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
In the UK, there are 86 local government pension schemes (LGPS) and more than a dozen multi-employer defined contribution pension funds that collectively manage $822 billion (£392bn) in assets. The ruling Labour Party's Treasury wants to consolidate ...

Centuria divests three industrial assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Centuria Capital has divested three industrial assets in Southeast Queensland at an average sales premium of 25%. The real estate funds manager said it capitalised on strong investment demand for industrial assets, benefiting from tailwinds created ...

Small construction firms drag productivity: CEDA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
Australia's laggard construction productivity and deepening housing crisis have been made worse by the small businesses that dominate the sector, the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) says. While several factors have contributed ...