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Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Investors have head into the New Year with many of the same concerns they had at the start of 2024, with interest rates and inflation to dominate once again. Last November, RBA governor Michele Bullock indicated the central bank views its settings as ...

AustralianSuper wins fund of the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2025
AustralianSuper has won the Global SWF Fund of the Year award for its leadership, growing investment activity, and significant expansion overseas. Global SWF noted that the super fund has grown from managing $21 billion for 1.2 million members since ...

Boutique global asset management firms' investment outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Global senior executives from boutique asset management firms see a proliferation of risks - and investment opportunities in 2025. Members of the Group of Boutique Asset Managers (GBAM) have spotted concentration risks in the US, geopolitical risks ...

Ares appoints EQT as RE for private market fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Ares Management Corporation has selected Equity Trustee (EQT) as responsible entity for its recently launched Ares Private Markets Fund (AUT). Financial Standard flagged the fund launch last week, with AUT - an Australian domiciled unit trust to provide ...

Brighter Super to buy up Queensland real assets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
Brighter Super has handed Barings $100 million to acquire real assets in the Sunshine State, the first tranche of its Queensland Investment Strategy. Brighter Super's Queensland Investment Strategy, which was announced in May this year, involves investing ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
The latest national account figures indicate that Australia's productivity growth remains in the doldrums, prompting the Productivity Commission to declare revitalising productivity growth as a national priority. September quarter figures showed ...

Super balances drive household wealth growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Household wealth rose for the eighth consecutive quarter, up 2.4% or $401 billion in the September quarter 2024, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Total household wealth was $16.9 trillion in the September quarter, which was 9.9% ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
AMP has dared to go where no super fund has gone, taking the plunge with a "modest allocation" to Bitcoin, even as other industry heavyweights stand resolute in their rejection of the digital asset. Last week, AMP senior portfolio manager Steve Flegg ...

JBWere partners to launch fixed income funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
JBWere is launching two active fixed income products, backed by UBS Asset Management (UBS AM), to provide wholesale clients access to domestic and global credit options amid growing demand for the asset class. The product suite, which includes the UBS ...

TCorp buys Euroclear stake from LSEG

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2024
TCorp is now a minority owner of financial markets infrastructure company Euroclear. TCorp has acquired a 4.92% stake in the Belgium-based clearing and settlements firm, with the holding valued at about $752 million. The interest was previously held ...