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MFS expands Australian offering with contrarian strategy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025
MFS Investment Management has expanded its equity product offering for Australian wholesale and institutional investors with the launch of the MFS Global Contrarian Equity Trust. The new trust follows MFS' Contrarian Capital global investment strategy ...

Local challenger enters Australia's ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
ETF Shares, Australia's first new index ETF issuer in more than a decade and the country's only locally owned provider, is preparing to launch. The firm is led by Cliff Man as chief executive, David Tuckwell as chief investment officer, and Arjun Shanker ...

Family offices favour real estate: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 APR 2025
The world's richest families love to invest in real estate more than any other asset classes, a new analysis shows, as more than half feature property in their portfolios. The research conducted by familyofficehub, a provider of global family office ...

MAX Awards 2025 finalists revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Voting is now open for the 2025 Financial Standard MAX Awards. The finalists for the 2025 MAX Awards have been selected across 20 categories, including a new Rising Star of the Year - Marketing award. The MAX (Marketing, Advertising and Sales Excellence) ...

Advisers seek investment philosophy, performance in managed accounts provider

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
Investment philosophy and portfolio performance are the main reasons why financial advisers have chosen their managed accounts provider, new research from Zenith Investment Partners show. The Unlocking Advice Efficiencies in 2025 report found that half ...

Corporate fund selects Mercer Super for SFT

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
One of the few remaining corporate super funds, the Goldman Sachs & JBWere Superannuation Fund, will be merged into Mercer Super from next month. In September 2024, the trustee for the Goldman Sachs & JBWere Superannuation Fund - BEST Superannuation ...

Equity Story to buy advisory firm Baker Young

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
Stock market trading advice group Equity Story will acquire Adelaide-based advisory firm Baker Young for $4.2 million in cash, as it looks to expand its wealth management footprint. The transaction is expected to be earnings-accretive and "meaningfully ...

Centrepoint Alliance to acquire Brighter Super's advice book

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
Centrepoint Alliance has entered into an agreement to acquire the comprehensive advice book from ESI Financial Services, a wholly owned entity of Brighter Super. The transaction will see up to 400 clients, generating $1 million in annual revenue, transition ...

Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
Acadian Asset Management has launched the Acadian Enhanced Emerging Markets Equity Fund in Australia. The new strategy aims to generate long-term returns for Australian wholesale investors through a diversified portfolio of approximately 500 emerging ...

First Sentier to enter Australian ETF market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
First Sentier Investors is expecting to list its first exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the ASX in mid-May. The listing of the First Sentier Geared Australian Share Fund Complex ETF (ASX: LEVR) will provide advisers and investors with listed access to ...