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Pella Global Generations Fund launches in NZ

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
Pella Global Generations Fund has launched in New Zealand under a portfolio investment entity (PIE) structure. Expanding across the ditch, Pella Funds Management head of distribution Joy Yacoub said the flagship fund experienced growing demand from ...

ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has provided Treasury with a report after conducting an inquiry into companies holding virtual AGMs. As part of the report, the regulator made five recommendations, including that ASIC and the ASX should consider ...

Holding mega-cap stocks could be detrimental: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... diversified strategies over the next decade, according to new research by Scientific Beta. Scientific Beta's research found that holding a concentrated portfolio of mega-caps over the long term is detrimental for investors. The research found that the ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Annual CPI inflation was slightly lower in February, after holding steady at 2.5% for the previous two months," ABS head of price statistics Michelle Marquardt said. The largest contributors ...

Investors warned to sell hybrids before phase out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
As APRA phases out hybrids, and with retail investors holding an estimated 20-30% of the $42 billion sector, Schroders fund manager Helen Mason said now is a good time for investors to consider a new income solution. Mason said the phase out of retail ...

Hearts & Minds revalues position amid Opthea fallout

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
Following Regal's lead, Hearts & Minds Investments has now also revalued its holding in Opthea following its failed clinical trials. Yesterday, Regal announced it had significantly devalued its holdings in the biopharmaceutical company after it ...

Budget deficit to balloon to $42.1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... reforms that promote competition," Chalmers said. "We will abolish non-compete clauses for most workers. Non-competes are holding too many Australians back from switching to better, higher-paying jobs. "The Productivity Commission estimates this reform ...

Regal slashes holdings in Opthea over insolvency concerns

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... the firm at the end of January. Regal Asian Investments Management told shareholders this morning it has "revalued the holding value of OPT in RG8's portfolio to 20 cents per share, considering OPT's negative trial results announcement yesterday ...

SQM places private credit sector on watch

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
SQM Research has placed the private credit sector on watch, saying it is increasingly encountering red flags when rating offerings. The research house has been covering private credit since 2007. SQM currently rates on some 70 private credit funds across ...

Study finds 5000 European ESG funds investing in fossil fuels

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
Close to 5000 European funds being marketed as ESG hold interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows. Close to 5000 funds being marketed as ESG in Europe hold interests in companies involved in fossil fuels, research shows. Analysing ...