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Where to invest when local equities look expensive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... caps," Halloway said. For diversification and better value, Halloway said the world's largest stock market is first to mind. "Small and mid-cap stocks trade below fair value, while large caps generally look expensive," Halloway said. He noted that 10 ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
... is that those arrangements don't really have any cost-to-serve advantages for them. They still have to handhold the small businesses and do a lot of the work. They are mostly historical deals made when adviser numbers were back at 25,000. So, the ...

Oaktree veteran jumps to Avari

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... a senior analyst in the risk management group. Avari Capital was founded by Alan Liao in 2014. Having begun investing in small residential and industrial projects with loyal first investors to acquiring over $700 million of real estate and managing over ...

Top asset management trends for 2025

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
... will remain important. "... its [investment performance's] role as a differentiator will decline for all but an extremely small number of managers in the industry. For the vast majority, the winning formula will become exceptional distribution and relationship ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina has listed the top five things the AMP econosights team is hoping to see in 2025. Firstly, Mousina said that while higher trade tariffs are unavoidable given the incoming US President, she hopes the US will stop ...

AustralianSuper aims to five-fold $1.4bn Euro venture in five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
AustralianSuper has acquired a 50% stake in Oxford Properties Group's $1.4 billion European industrial and logistics portfolio, with the partnership to target up to $7.5 billion worth of high-quality warehouses over the next three to five years. The ...

Family offices turn to start-ups, M&As: PwC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... counted a total of 11 deals taking place Australia, placing it the 10 th spot. The research also found family offices prefer small deals of up to US$25 million. Two out of three deals in the first half of 2024 were valued at US$25 million and below. ...

Managed funds industry winners and losers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... and smart beta - and what I call smart products at a reasonable price," he said. In terms of asset class winners, global small caps have experienced strong monthly net flows over the last year - except for one month - when significant outflows from a ...

Bitcoin returns 147%, outshines bull market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... Australia." Investors in gold and China equities were also rewarded with strong returns of 27.2% and 27.1% respectively. US small caps turned in 23.3%, while Japanese, UK, and emerging market equities achieved about 19% respectively. Australian equities ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
... positive for property - and vice versa if a sell-off occurs. "... we're observing bifurcation in pricing between larger and small REITs as well as between groups more engaged in activities such as funds management and those aligned to passive rent ...