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Real Asset Management taps DWS sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... he led Australian sales and marketing at Research Affiliates, a California-based asset manager. He also served as head of index and multi-asset distribution for LGIM in London, part of the FTSE 100-listed Legal & General Group. He previously held senior ...

Chalmers defends budget deficits in MYEFO

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has called his government's mid-year economic fiscal outlook (MYEFO) a "responsible set of books" despite major budget deficits likely to continue for a decade. The MYEFO forecasted a budget deficit of $26.9 billion for 2024-25 ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... Notably, MicroStrategy (MSTR), which trades on the NASDAQ and invests in Bitcoin, is a member of the MSCI World ex-Australia index - the benchmark set by the Your Future, Your Super framework. Cryptocurrency-exchange Coinbase (COIN), which holds Bitcoin ...

Dexus terminates Core Property Fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... last week, the S&P Dow Jones Indices' quarterly rebalance of the S&P/ASX indices saw Dexus drop out of the S&P/ASX 50 Index - replaced by CAR Group.

Eyes on gaming, Chinese tech in 2025: Orbis

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2024
... technology markets in other regions," Marais said. "They [US mega cap tech companies] are just massive; they dominate the index. Most of them, not all of them, but most of them are also quite expensive, so that drives indexes to be quite expensive." ...

New investment fund to drive gender equality

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... Trustees has been selected as the responsible entity for the fund. The fund is benchmarked against the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index for the Australian equity units and the MSCI AC World Index for global equity units. "Future Generation Women is an ...

Commonwealth Bank names chief economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2024
... the Australian economy on a regular and consistent basis. He developed the CommBank's Household Spending Insights (HSI) Index and oversaw the growth of the bank's sustainable economics research to support customers with insights about the transition ...

Dividends to be down in FY25: Equity Trustees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 DEC 2024
... previous cyclical highs, largely due to lower demand from China for the reasons referenced earlier," Thompson said. "The ASX200 index concentration in banks and resources means that earnings-per-share growth for FY25 is now likely to be flat to down ...

$3m super tax faces axe, pushed to 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
The failure of the government to pass its proposed $3 million superannuation tax last week may well see the measure abandoned. The Division 296 tax could be shelved until after the next federal election, missing out on the opportunity to pass during ...

OC Funds Management launches fund, scores mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 DEC 2024
... been managed as a wholesale trust for the past 12 months and returned investors over 21.3%, ahead of the S&P/ASX Mid-Cap Index which returned 18.9%. The fund aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Mid-Cap 50 Index by at least 2% after fees and expenses. The ...