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BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
The ASX recorded its biggest-ever ETF market turnover in a day earlier this month, hitting a whopping $2 billion on March 6, largely thanks to BlackRock reducing its equities exposure and shoring up defensive assets within its model portfolios. The ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea - the worlds third largest pension fund - has acquired a 4.17% stake in Metrics Credit Holdings for $50 million. This comes seven years after Pinnacle Investment Management paid $46 million for a 35% equity ...

HNW clients demand more non-custody assets: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
More high-net-worth (HNW) clients are investing in non-custody assets as 75% of financial advisers report a growing demand in unique opportunities such private equity and other alternatives, a new survey from Praemium finds. Such assets comprise an ...

ETF market dips but bright spots emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
The $3.11 billion net flows in February struggled to boost the Australian ETF market's position, with funds under management (FUM) dropping to $255 billion, according to VanEck's monthly ETF data. February marked the eighth consecutive month ...

Managed accounts sector grows to $233bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... Professionals (IMAP) show. The latest census, produced in conjunction with Milliman, reports separately managed accounts (SMAs) holding the largest market share of 64% or $148 billion. The SMA asset pool grew 36% year on year. Managed discretionary accounts ...

UniSuper waters down 'volatile' environmental option

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
UniSuper is refreshing the investment strategy for its Global Environmental Opportunities (GEO) option, effective March 28. The major change will be lowering the threshold for companies to qualify for inclusion in the strategy. "Due to the concentrated ...

Swiss fund manager expands in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
Swiss investment firm Youngtimers AG has expanded in the region with the acquisition of Sydney-based Richmond Funds Management (RFM). Youngtimers is set to acquire RFM, which has more than $200 million in assets under management (AUM) from Senry Holdings. ...

Axius names executive director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... mission and driving our continued growth." Filippelis brings over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry holding a clutch of senior roles spanning investment management, research, distribution, relationship management, and product ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... APRA's plans to scale the changes based on size and complexity, easing the burden on smaller financial institutions while holding larger players to higher standards. The regulator also wants to cut through red tape by scrapping redundant requirements ...

Aussie ETF market tipped to hit $300bn in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... issuers which makes investing into ETFs more attractive. He also added that there are a substantial number of investors holding ETFs in their portfolio. "ETF investors tend to be younger. However, we are also seeing more sophisticated investors and financial ...