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Bitcoin returns 147%, outshines bull market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Bitcoin reaped nearly four times more in returns compared to US equities during 2024, achieving 147% and trumping all the major asset classes. According to a VanEck and Bloomberg analysis, US equities delivered 38.2% for the year while global equities ...

Chalmers boasts inflation data, experts divided

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... positive sentiment, pointing to the significant decrease in inflation growth since 2022. "When we came to office, inflation had a six in front of it and it was rising, now inflation has a two in front of it, and that is a demonstration of that progress," ...

Former Rugby World Cup champion joins Centuria Bass Credit

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... 2014, a role he held for four years, and was most recently the co-chief executive officer at Taurus Finance for more than six years. Giffin was instrumental in securing more than $5 billion of debt and equity across these positions, including more than ...

ASX bleeds $41bn from delistings

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
... of $9 billion (US$5.6 billion). Real estate followed with a 16.9% market share of $5.5 billion (US$3.4 billion), nearly a six-fold increase in proceeds compared to 2023. The technology sector followed with a 12% market share, raising $3.9 billion (US$2.4 ...

Regal, Magellan book performance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... Regal Partners and Magellan Financial Group earned $25 million and $6 million in performance fees respectively in the last six months of 2024. Several strategies were behind Regal's outperformance, namely the ASX-listed Regal Investment Fund, the ...

January Capital raises $136m for APAC growth credit fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
The Singapore-based investment firm has raised more than $136 million (US$85 million) on the first close of its Growth Credit Fund, with the strategy focused on growth-stage technology companies. January Capital secured commitments from financial institutions ...

Vantage Point AM hires from Merricks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... take up a similar role with Vantage, where he joined as operating chief and was a managing partner for most of his almost six years. Back in 2017, Thomas founded Vantage Point with chief investment officer Nick Ferres. Chief executive Colin Mullins welcomed ...

HMC Capital unit beefs up Melbourne office

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... with Aviva, NAB, and Insignia. The four recruits will join Nathan Chew and Andrew Hobbs who arrived at the Melbourne office six months ago as investment risk managers. Chew has 25 years of experience in finance and investment, specialising in structured ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... strategies in place, she reckoned that most had not devised plans specifically for investment and capital markets. Early in her six-year tenure at the helm of the quasi-sovereign wealth fund, Grey had run internal 'fire drills' to heighten the ...

Ventura names new investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... ASX-listed dealer group hired Stojanovski from IOOF (now Insignia Financial) as its research lead four years ago. He spent nearly six years at Insignia as a portfolio manager, looking after model portfolios, managed accounts, investment strategy and ...