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Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... can "deliver value". Investors are also actively seeking returns through both public and private markets, with public equities (46%) and private equity (53%) emerged as the preferred asset classes for the current environment. Notably, more than two-thirds ...

Airlie calls time on Concentrated Share Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... temporarily impacted by operational issues." The others affected were the Infra Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF, Global Equities Fund (Currency Hedged) Active ETF and Global Fund Open Class Units Active ETF. Trading resumed for the four ETFs some two ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... April, when US President Donald Trump announced a barrage of tariff hikes, as their appetite for risk assets, including equities, showed signs of recovery. "However, we still expect fund flows to moderate over the medium term. The average price/fair ...

Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Geopolitical uncertainties are forcing family offices out of US equities, diversifying into cash and liquid alternatives, according to BlackRock's annual Global Family Office Survey. Global family offices find themselves in "risk-management mode" ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... soundly, securely and effectively," he said. "ASX is ubiquitous, you simply cannot buy and settle on the Australian public equities and futures markets without relying on ASX and its systems. The inquiry provides an opportunity for ASX to bolster market ...

Investors face headwinds in integrating physical climate risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... barriers faced, and despite the lack of data, funds are expanding their analysis of physical risks, particularly for listed equities and corporate bonds. In addition to advocating for better data and collaborating with research houses for it, the report ...

Evidentia announces two new starters

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... asset consulting firm Evidentia Group as senior asset consultant after 12 years in Aware Super's Australian direct equities team. Evidentia is owned by Generation Development Group. At Aware Super, Phillips served as co-portfolio manager of the pension ...

Aware Super tops up direct equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Aware Super's direct equities portfolio has received a boost with three new appointments - one promotion and two new hires. Keen to add another senior investment analyst to the team, Sachin Nair has been elevated to that position. Covering tech ...

Bentham adds to distribution team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... worked closely with superannuation funds, insurers and government entities. His cross-asset expertise spans fixed income, equities and alternatives. Joshua Poi comes from FIIG Securities' fixed income sales team, where he advised private clients. ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Portfolio draws on the firm's global research ratings and analysts' stock selections to manage approximately 50 listed equities. The SMA employs the firm's proprietary systematic investment process, informed by both fundamental and quantitative research ...