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Jarden Strengthens advisory team with Rothschild exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... governance and leadership review and come as Jarden concludes its 2025 financial year with performance in corporate finance equities and fixed-income currencies & commodities.

Hearts & Minds appoints operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... partnerships manager, she did a two-year stint at Iress as a client account manager following five years at UBS in a cash equities support role. Hearts and Minds focuses on generating long-term capital growth by investing in high-conviction ideas from ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... Melbourne office. Meanwhile, Fidelity International has appointed Zara Lyons as portfolio manager within its Australian equities team. Based in Sydney, Lyons will oversee the Fidelity Australian High Conviction Fund, including the ASX-listed vehicle ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... Estimator, which projects 10-year expected returns across various assets, indicates that due to the "extreme valuation" of US equities and their dominant 70% share of the MSCI World Index, investors in conventional global market cap indices shouldn't ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... parties since 1980," Halloway said. He added that while there's variation at the level of individual prime ministers - with equities performing best under Hawke and Keating (1983-1996) and worst under the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd period (2007-2013), both Labor ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... competitiveness. The first quarter of 2024, however, marked a "massive reversal" in fortunes for US stocks. After trouncing European equities by more than 20% in 2024, US stocks surrendered a similar margin in the opening months of this year amid heightened ...

Third Link adds three underlying Aussie equity managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... Investments have joined the fund, each bringing unique characteristics. Australian Eagle AM brings its Australian Eagle Equities Fund, which actively invests in a portfolio of 25 to 35 large-cap Australian listed companies. Focused on identifying companies ...

Longview Partners sets up local hub

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... The specialist asset management firm is focused entirely on managing global equity portfolios. As of 31 March 2025, the equities shop had more than US$15 billion in assets under management.

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Cardaci was a senior consultant at Frontier and the deputy head of responsible investments. Previously a member of the equities research team, she joined Frontier in 2017, having previously worked within finance operations at the University of Melbourne ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity markets, nevertheless, took pole position last year. International equities unhedged - represented by the MSCI World ex-Australia index - topped the table with a 31.11% return. Mercer global head of ...