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Evidentia announces two new starters

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... owned by Generation Development Group. At Aware Super, Phillips served as co-portfolio manager of the pension fund's small companies team where he helped develop the strategy's investment philosophy and process. He began his tenure there as an ...

Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Superannuation funds had $400 billion invested in private market assets, jumping 34% in the two years to June 2024, Rainmaker Information analysis of APRA data shows. Private real assets, classified as unlisted investments in property and infrastructure ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... Investment Manager of the Year for the sixth time. Macquarie also won the Australian equities active core, Australian equities small cap, and international equities active core categories for the Macquarie Australian Enhanced Plus Equities Fund, Macquarie ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... SSGA's ETFs aren't thematic products -which generally aren't actively managed and follow an index, tracking small subsets of larger industry classifications - even if competitors like Betashares look to own that space. SSGA's commitment ...

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 ...

Alternatives high on the radar to escape Trump's tariffs: Fidante

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
... alternative sources to drive returns. In the next six months, one in three advisers plan to increase allocations to global equity small caps (32%), while 31% on emerging markets equities (31%), and 30% on Australian equity small caps. Alternative assets ...

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... flooring, furniture, glue laminated timber, and FSC-certified wood pellets. To do this, Tavico has partnered with several local small holder farmers to create a 3200-hectare FSC-certified community forestry program. The investment from New Forests will ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
Global stock markets roared back in May, staging a spectacular turnaround from the extreme volatility and negative returns that rattled most developed equity markets in April. But uncertainty still looms large. UniSuper head of fixed interest David ...

ASIC blasts managed funds' poor compliance plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... failed to raise relevant concerns with ASIC during this period. All 23 auditors from our review belong to large, medium and small firms that are involved in compliance plan audits," ASIC said. "Auditors play a critical assurance role in the regulatory ...

Quality over quantity: CareSuper on mergers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The dust has barely settled on the merger that created CareSuper as it is today and chief executive Jason Murray is gearing up for another in mere months - but he's not looking to make a habit of it. On November 1, CareSuper and Spirit Super finalised ...