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Evidentia announces two new starters

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Josh Phillips has joined asset consulting firm Evidentia Group as senior asset consultant after 12 years in Aware Super's Australian direct equities team. Evidentia is owned by Generation Development Group. At Aware Super, Phillips served as co-portfolio ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Fidelity International has unveiled its first global equity separately managed account (SMA) in Australia, with support from private wealth partner Emanuel Whybourne & Loehr. The Fidelity Global Top 50 ex Australia Portfolio draws on the firm's global ...

Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Superannuation funds had $400 billion invested in private market assets, jumping 34% in the two years to June 2024, Rainmaker Information analysis of APRA data shows. Private real assets, classified as unlisted investments in property and infrastructure ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
Financial Standard has named the winners of its 2025 Investment Leadership Awards, recognising the best investment managers across Australian and international equities, property, infrastructure, fixed income, and multi-asset categories. The Financial ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
As interest rates continue to fall, small caps are poised to reap from the current macroeconomic backdrop and investors increasing their appetite for more risk, a fund manager says. Janus Henderson portfolio manager Nick Sheridan predicts the tide is ...

ETF Shares to bolster sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Australian exchange-traded fund start-up ETF Shares will accelerate its push into the local market following the appointment of Will Taylor as chief operating officer. Taylor, who landed from Global X, will report to chief executive Cliff Man and oversee ...

Alternatives high on the radar to escape Trump's tariffs: Fidante

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Financial advisers are increasingly searching for alternative sources to capture alpha amid ongoing market volatility. Surveying 174 financial advisers, Findante found that four in 10 advisers are now bearish on both US equities and Australian equities ...

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country's top suppliers of lumber and logs. Via the Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has invested in Tavico Group. It is the fourth investment made by the fund ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
Global stock markets roared back in May, staging a spectacular turnaround from the extreme volatility and negative returns that rattled most developed equity markets in April. But uncertainty still looms large. UniSuper head of fixed interest David ...