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Metrics hires for newly created role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... Metrics chief executive and managing partner Andrew Lockhart said: "Rebecca brings 25 years' experience in sustainable investing to Metrics and will be important in meeting investor demand for opportunities that deliver strong financial returns and ...

Warakirri brings US manager to Australia

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... asset class with higher growth potential," Warakirri managing director Jim McKay said. "ClariVest's unique approach to investing has resulted in a portfolio that is diversified by country and sector, and has consistently delivered excess returns across ...

FCA fines Neil Woodford, WIM $94m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
... slapped with a £40 million fine ($82.1m). The Woodford Equity Income Fund (WEIF) faced a liquidity crunch in 2019 after investing in mostly illiquid assets. Link Fund Solutions, which is now under MUFG, was the fund manager of the WEIF. The value of ...

PC outlines key reforms to boost clean energy investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 AUG 2025
The Productivity Commission (PC) has published an interim report setting out key reforms to investing in cheaper, cleaner energy and the net zero transition. The PC said Australia needs to address the gaps and overlaps in emissions reduction incentives ...

Brandes launches first fund, taps Equity Trustees

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... targeting Australian institutional and wholesale investors. Founded in 1974, Brandes employs Benjamin Graham's value investing approach. It also invests in fixed income. The fund manager has been investing for Australian institutional clients for 25 ...

Australian investment in venture capital lags: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2025
... startups and entrepreneurs; simplifying performance testing and fee disclosures to cut red tape and reduce barriers to investing in new asset classes, while keeping high standards of consumer protection; and ensuring super tax concessions are better ...

'We're proceeding' with Div 296: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... that Allegra and others have come at it. I welcome that," Chalmers said. "The intergenerational challenge is why we're investing so much time and money in building more homes. It's why we're passing legislation to give students and graduates student ...

Sydney Alternative Investment Week to return in September

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... and Hedge Funds Rock, with more intimate, specialist gatherings covering topics such as private credit, quantitative investing, manager incubation, and family office investing. The Alternative Future Foundation has named Financial Standard as media partner ...

Pinnacle backs private markets managed accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2025
... stockbroking and asset management sectors and is being adapted by FinCap to meet the more complex demands of private market investing, including liquidity management, portfolio construction and institutional-grade reporting. OpenInvest is a third-party ...

ASIC issues warning over BTG Technology

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2025
ASIC has warned Australian investors against investing in unlicensed cryptocurrency futures products offered by BTG Technology Holdings Limited and its related entities (Bitget). ASIC said Bitget does not hold an AFSL, meaning it is not permitted to ...