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Talent exodus hits Zenith, Lonsec and Evidentia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... investment management. He also held roles at Lonsec, including deputy head of active manager research and head of Australian equities. He began his career as a credit analyst at National Australia Bank. For his part, Boyle joined Lonsec in 2024 as a ...

Magellan bolsters investment and distribution ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... both its distribution and investment teams with a string of senior hires, sharpening its adviser focus and deepening its equities and infrastructure bench. Andrew Dowling, who joins next month, will be based in Victoria focusing on advisers and research ...

Managed fund inflows jump over 20x: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... - they lost $1.65 billion over the same period last year. "The notable drop in investment during February was largely equities-led as uncertainty brewed and US exceptionalism faded. Demand for bonds also remained quite soft as central banks delayed rate ...

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 ...