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Australian housing crisis escalates as affordability worsens

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 APR 2024
... a significant decline in building approvals to an annualised rate of 150,000, with a marked weakness in new home construction loan approvals. They said while housing affordability deteriorates, strong population growth - 635,000 in 2022-23, with an expected ...

Legalsuper names chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAR 2024
... at the fund. Lancashire resigned from the fund to relocate to Queensland's Sunshine Coast for a role with Campbell Construction Co, while Norman said she is looking forward to exploring new opportunities. The fund's head of investment strategy Linda ...

UK manager recruits Australia head

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
... "Australian investors have a long history of sophisticated and innovative approaches to asset management and portfolio construction," he said. "I look forward to sharing our modern approach to fixed income with the Australian institutional client base ...

Advanced ETP portfolios come at higher cost, complexity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAR 2024
... factors in equities and duration and credit risks in fixed interest, costs around 31 basis points per annum. Portfolio construction specialists can then use these products to express their views on relative valuations on systemic risk factors or construct ...

Baby boomers turn to local private debt: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAR 2024
... adviser groups who are interested in the asset class. The first aspect is fulfilling a duty of care regarding portfolio construction, while the second aspect is identifying the demographic investor profile where the money is in Australia. "We note that ...

AustralianSuper to deploy £8 billion in the UK

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... including a £375 million subordinated facility to support Heathrow Airport during the pandemic and a £230 million construction facility commitment to develop One Crown Place, a residential and office scheme in Central London, alongside Italian, Dutch ...

Platinum plans turnaround, FUM dwindles

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
... of its investment platform, including a review and reorganisation of the investment research function, portfolio construction and risk management processes, and existing product design. Despite the changes, Platinum stressed that its "investment philosophy ...

UK, Japan slip into technical recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... consecutive quarters of contracting output. The December quarter's slowdown was driven by the services, production, and construction sectors. The services sector recorded three consecutive quarters of negative growth. Subsectors wholesale and retail ...

Euroz Hartleys, Mason Stevens sign partnership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... delivers institutional grade investment management services across asset allocation, instrument selection and portfolio construction. "The investment team features highly experienced investment professionals from both institutional funds management and ...

MA Financial buys $96m hotel to seed fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 6 FEB 2024
... properties it acquires in the near term. "We believe that the dislocation caused by the global pandemic, increased construction costs and the current macroeconomic conditions create a compelling opportunity to acquire accommodation hotel assets on very ...