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Global advisory firm acquires Boutique Capital

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Corporate governance and advisory services firm Acclime has acquired Boutique Capital, a North Sydney-based specialist in fund incubation and wholesale fund services. Acclime said the move significantly expands its capabilities in fund establishment ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... he said. Having been a fixture in Australia for some 35 years, SSGA has been afforded the benefit of father time to cement rock-solid ties - not just with wealth firms like Raiz, but with institutional asset owners that anchor its crown as Australia's ...

GAM nabs Janus Henderson equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... continues its strategic restructuring under majority owner NewGAMe, the investment vehicle backed by senior GAM management and Rock Springs Capital.

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
After a stretch that's favoured equities, particularly passive strategies, which hasn't bode well for active management or diversified portfolios, the tide is beginning to turn, according to Cbus deputy chief investment officer Leigh Gavin. Gavin said ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
The ASX 200 shed more than $100 billion in a single session yesterday as markets were rocked by US President Donald Trump's newly imposed tariffs. H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman said the volatility will be felt for a long time. ...

Cost-of-living continues to rock retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Research by Colonial First State (CFS) finds Australians have adjusted their retirement expectations in the last 12 months to a more modest outlook, with cost-of-living pressures being the main cause. Based on a national survey of 2250 Australians ...

Quant fund hires from JP Morgan

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
... The ECCM Systematic Trend Fund was recently awarded Best Global Macro and Managed Futures Fund for 2024 at the Hedge Funds Rock & Australian Alternative Investment Awards.

Dimon 'cautiously pessimistic' on US economy

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
... 'my way or the highway.'" Assessing cryptocurrency, Dimon describes it as a "Ponzi scheme" and "as useless as a pet rock" but does not completely write it off. "We are going to have some kind of digital currency at some point. I'm not against ...

February rate cut unlikely after inflation data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.3% in the 12 months to November 2024, up from a 2.1% rise in the 12 months to October, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The biggest jumps in prices were in food and non-alcoholic ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... see AUKUS is sinking, the question is now becoming how much environmental and financial damage it will do before it hits rock bottom?" Shoebridge said. Over-reactor? Critics of AUKUS, including former Prime Minister Paul Keating, argue that it throws ...