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Coast Advice teams up with New York private investment firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2025
Coastal Advice Group has formed a long-term partnership with a New York-based private investment firm that provides growth capital, management resources, and strategic advice. The Australian financial services firm, which has 15 advisers and 2500 clients ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
The top 10 Australian share funds of 2024 have been revealed, with the reigning champion retaining its crown for a second straight year, according to a Mercer investment survey. The Hyperion Australian Growth Fund claimed the top spot, delivering a ...

Magellan unveils refreshed leadership, investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Magellan Financial Group has made a raft of changes to both its C-suite and investments team, resulting in several key departures. The changes come as Magellan looks to execute on its strategic growth ambitions, including capitalising on its strategic ...

Financial services minister Stephen Jones to retire from politics

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
Labor frontbencher, assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones is retiring from politics and will not contest the upcoming federal election. Jones spent 15 years as the member for Whitlam - covering Illawarra and the Southern ...

AustralianSuper welcomes AI tech competition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
Mayhem erupted on Wall Street on Monday (local time) after Chinese-owned DeepSeek burst onto the artificial intelligence (AI) scene, wiping $1 trillion off chip maker Nvidia. AustralianSuper holds around $2 billion of Nvidia shares in its balanced option ...

WA best performing state, but economic growth lags

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
Western Australia snatched the title of the country's best performing economy in the September quarter, ranking first in five of the eight economic indicators assessed in the CommSec State of States report. The state claimed the top spot twice over ...

Hostplus names deputy CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Hostplus has promoted Susan Orr to deputy investment chief following the recent departure of Con Michalakis who has taken on the top investment job at Funds SA. The $115 billion industry fund for hospitality workers confirmed that Orr will now serve ...

Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs top M&A advisory rankings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs were the leading mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisors in the financial services sector last year, in terms of deal volume, according to GlobalData. The data and analytics firm's analysis revealed that Morgan Stanley ...

Natixis, Generali merger creates $3.2tn fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Natixis Investment Managers will combine with Generali Investments Holdings (GIH) to create a behemoth with €1.9 trillion ($3.2tn) in assets under management (AUM). The Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Natixis' owner BPCE and GIH's ...

Top Pendal executive joins Evidentia

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
Former Pendal head of multi-asset Michael Blayney has joined the Evidentia Group as a member of its investment committee. "With over 28 years of experience in investment management, consulting and superannuation with some of the world's leading ...