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Powerhouse Ventures to acquire Aliwa

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
Powerhouse Ventures (PVL) is set to take over Aliwa Funds Management in a bid to expand into micro-cap investing. The ASX-listed firm entered a binding agreement with Aliwa for a consideration of $500,000 made upfront in an all-scrip deal at $0.04 per ...

GAM Investments loses local lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
Alex Zaika, the local head of GAM Investments, has resigned from his role at the Switzerland-based asset manager to join another firm. It is understood that the global asset manager is currently searching for Zaika's replacement. Zaika, who joined ...

Federal Reserve kicks off easing cycle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
The Federal Reserve elected to cut interest rates by 50 basis points overnight, its first reduction in four years. The US central bank decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by half a percentage point to 4.75-5%, surprising many ...

WAM tells investors it 'got the call wrong'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Portfolio managers for the Wilson Asset Management (WAM) Leaders Fund, Matthew Haupt and John Ayoub, admitted they "got the call wrong" when they took a 4% stake in embattled Star Casino just last year. Now WAM is pushing for the casino operator to ...

Dimensional hires institutional sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
Global wealth firm Dimensional Fund Advisors has appointed a new institutional sales lead. Gemma Bjarnason's appointment raises the local distribution team to six. Bjarnason is tasked with further developing the institutional business and working ...

Vote for Financial Standard in Australian Financial Industry Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2024
Financial Standard is a finalist in the Australian Financial Industry Awards 2024, and we'd love to have your support. Fresh from winning Financial Services Publication of the Year at the recent Impact Awards, Financial Standard has been nominated ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks, government funds slide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
Seventeen of Australia's superannuation and pension funds now rank in the top 300 worldwide by assets, including one new entrant. However, it's not all good news for the government funds that made the cut. That's according to the latest ...

Nikko Asset Management to become Amova

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
The $359 billion fund manager is changing its name to Amova Asset Management from next September. Nikko Asset Management said the name change reflects the progress the firm has made since its launch in Tokyo in 1959, describing itself as "a global citizen ...

Traditional economic indicators have 'tanked': Economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
Speaking at Activam Group's act Conference today, AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina said economists can no longer rely on traditional economic indicators to make accurate predictions. Mousina noted that many economists have been predicting a ...

Australian ETF market hits $206bn: Global X

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 2 SEP 2024
The Australian exchanged-traded fund (ETF) sector will likely hit $1 trillion by 2030, accelerating at a faster rate than the US today. According to Global X's Australia ETF Landscape report, the ETF market grew 37.3% over the past year to $206.2 ...