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Australia a "most exciting place" for GQG: Barker

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 3 AUG 2023
The focus for GQG Partners' head of international Mark Barker has always been to identify areas where there's a high concentration of assets controlled by a relatively small number of decision makers - and Australia is just that. Speaking with Financial ...

New CFS platform at the cutting Edge: Quirk

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 1 AUG 2023
After several months' delay, Colonial First State's much-anticipated Edge platform has launched, with CFS distribution lead Bryce Quirk saying it's expected the new offering will fare as well as FirstChoice. Developed in collaboration with FNZ, CFS ...

Major economies buoyed by tight jobs market

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... soft landing," he said. In the UK, the tight labour market continues to keep nominal wage growth elevated. "Job vacancies, though declining, have remained historically elevated. Labour supply constraints, including those imposed by Brexit, have made ...

Regulators begin FAR consultation

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... regulators said they will consult on the list of specific key functions for insurance and superannuation entities in due course, though noted they'll likely be similar to those given to ADIs. The list of data items for inclusion in the FAR Register ...

Wealth management ecosystem at critical inflection point: Citi

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUL 2023
... survey participants' preferred technology development strategy, 75% reported that they prefer to work with external parties. Though, respondents were unlikely to consider outsourcing client facing activities, including onboarding, client services, reporting ...

Equip Super sets sights on being different

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... for Catholic Super members however, who to now have paid only 0.18%; their weekly admin fee is reducing from $1.80 to $1 though. On the product front, all investment options have been combined on the one menu, including several new offerings. A new low-cost ...

UniSuper rides tech tailwinds to strong returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUL 2023
... unproven technologies and the CHESS replacement project was just that," Pearce said. UniSuper does continue to hold the ASX though, with Pearce saying the "main redeeming feature is that the core businesses account for around 85% of revenues and are ...

16% of asset managers to exit by 2027: PwC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 10 JUL 2023
... access to new segments, building market share and mitigating risks will drive deal appetite over the next year and beyond, though some transactions may be held up by valuation uncertainty and funding constraints in the short term," PwC said. "The need ...

Aware Super returns 10.7% for FY23

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... equities returned around 18%," Aware Super chief investment officer Damian Graham told Financial Standard. "Importantly, though, this result isn't just a reflection of strong equity markets. Diversification has played a key role in achieving such ...

Rising costs bite asset owners

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 JUL 2023
... a real contrast versus the previous decade, when low interest rates, downward pressure on management fees and improved (though still imperfect!) transparency helped considerably to reduce like-for-like costs for investors," she said. Comparing costs ...