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GCQ enters ETF market, expands sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... active ETF providing investors with access to GCQ's concentrated portfolio of high-quality companies. GCQ Global Equities Complex ETF (GCQF) will start trading on 3 March 2025. The launch of the ETF follows the appointment of a former VGI Partners ...

RQI hires research duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
RQI Investors, an active quant equities manager within First Sentier Investors, has strengthened its research team with two hires. Based in Sydney, Tom Marty and Alex Kiechle-Cornish will report to Ron Guido, senior quantitative portfolio manager and ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... driven by a small group of stocks - chiefly the 'Magnificent Seven' - making life tough for active managers in global equities. As an example, fund managers who had no exposure to Nvidia saw their performance drag 3.1%, simply from missing out on that ...

Northern Trust lands another mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... to $1.5 billion ( as of 31 January 2025 ) of Generation Life's portfolio assets, including domestic and international equities, bonds, FX, and SICAVs. "Northern Trust's position as one of Australia's leading asset servicing providers allows us to dedicate ...

Platinum rolls out major leadership reshuffle

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... Alexander has 17 years' experience in the investment industry having worked as portfolio manager of global long-short equities. Prior to his appointment, Alexander has worked as chief investment officer at BML Funds; head of investments at Orca; portfolio ...

Super fund investment in US to skyrocket

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
... US is expected to more than double from $0.4 trillion to $1 trillion." Most of the current investment in the US is in equities and bonds, although Australian super funds already have significant investments in US infrastructure, real estate, and private ...

Superannuation powerbrokers bound for US investment summit

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... investment summit. Currently, large super funds invest around 20% of members' retirement savings in the US. US-listed equities have historically outperformed Australian stocks, lifting members' investment returns, while funds also have "substantial holdings" ...

Alpencrest ramps up expansion, signs Aussie affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... Ordinaries Index. "LSN focuses on identifying high-quality, underappreciated small-cap opportunities within the Australian equities market, offering a compelling strategy for investors seeking growth potential. With ample capacity for new assets, the ...

SMSF sector continues to grow

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... number of trades), the report found. "The increase we believe was in part due to increased additional interest in global equities, in particular global equity and US equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs)," Grant said. The value of holdings also increased ...

Colonial First State loses private markets manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... multi-assets. Toki joined CH Warman Group, the family office that invests in a diverse range of asset classes, including listed equities, hedge funds and private equity. Cheang joined CFS four years ago from AMP Capital. Before that, he was a senior ...