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Platinum to lose $1bn mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
Platinum Investment Management is set to lose a sizeable institutional mandate at the end of the week. The ASX-listed manager disclosed it received notice overnight that an institutional mandate worth about $958 million is to be terminated. The termination ...

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has appointed Sarah Proudfoot as chief executive. Despite also conducting an external search, Proudfoot started with the ACCC in 2005 when she joined the agency's Infocentre. She has since held ...

First Sentier Investors names chief financial officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
First Sentier Investors has announced the appointment of Ashley Conn as chief financial and strategy officer, effective late May. Conn will be based in Sydney and brings 25 years' experience of finance and investment banking to the role. Conn joins ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
A merger between Platinum Asset Management and L1 Capital may deliver scale, but it won't resolve the deeper structural issues dogging traditional active managers, including fee pressure and market share loss to passive investment vehicles like ETFs ...

The top Australian small-cap fund, year after year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
The Ophir Opportunities Fund has outperformed every rival in its category, topping the Australian small-cap fund rankings across all timeframes, according to the latest Mercer investment survey. The fund has returned 39.6% over one year besting the ...

Adviser numbers jump in March quarter: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
The March quarter saw a jump in the number of financial advisers in Australia, reaching 15,546, according to Rainmaker Information. During the three months, 228 advisers joined the industry, according to the latest Rainmaker Financial Adviser report. ...

AustralianSuper adds global equity manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Australia's largest superannuation fund has hired a head of core equity for its international equities business. Alex Stanic will join in May and work in the $365 billion superannuation fund's London office. The appointment comes as a super ...

GROW Inc. names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
The super administrator welcomed its recruit this week, replacing inaugural chief and co-founder Matthew Keeley. John Banfield is now chief executive of GROW Inc., bringing an extensive knowledge of the technology and payments landscape. He was most ...

Aware Super on hunt for new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Aware Super chief investment officer Damian Graham is transitioning to a new role, with the fund now conducting a global search for his replacement. Graham will relocate to the fund's London office to take on the role of head of international at ...

Platinum mulls L1 Capital merger

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Platinum Asset Management is currently in discussions with L1 Capital to combine forces, a move that would create an $18 billion investment manager. Platinum Asset Management is considering merging with L1 Capital, confirming via the ASX it is discussing ...