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CFS awards fixed income mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... management firm Man Group. CFS will be investing in global fixed income through Man Numeric, the Boston-based systematic equities and credit investment manager of Man Group, with an initial allocation made in Q4 2024 of more than $1 billion in a strategy ...

Rest kickstarts in-house global equities trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
After about 18 months in the works, Rest's internal global equities team is now running its first mandate. The team has been handed $300 million to invest on behalf of the fund's members, with plans to progressively increase the mandate over ...

TWC Invest makes risk, technology hires

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... began his career in fixed income and cash markets at the State Electricity Commission of Victoria and was a director of equities at Equitilink (now Aberdeen Asset Management). In 2002, Thompson joined Cooper Investors as a founding director, leading ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... salaries despite their funds making hefty losses during periods of market declines." According to the FTSE Russell, Chinese equities outperformed the APAC region, the US, and FTSE All-World Index in February. The rally came off the back of monetary and ...

GQG loses top sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... Vontobel Asset Management chief investment officer and co-chief executive Rajiv Jain in 2016 as an independent boutique equities manager. Abernethy left his role as CFS's head of retail investment sales back in 2019 to lead GQG's Australia and ...

Asian family office sets up in Melbourne

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... He sees second and third-generation high-net-worth clients who want to do more with their wealth than invest in bonds, equities, and property. The focus on capital markets will enable the new firm to offer a wider range of investment options such as ...

Wilson AM to launch first monthly LIC strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... The WAM Income Maximiser (ASX:WMX) aims to provide monthly franked dividends and capital growth by investing in 40-70 equities and corporate debt instruments - the first Australian LIC to do so, Wilson Asset Management (WAM) said. The portfolio will ...

ETF market dips but bright spots emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... its $250 billion milestone in January. But the positive flows were insufficient to boost the market, with Australian equities flows down 44% to $791 million, while investors flocked to commodities like gold which has surged 135% to $249 million in the ...

Super doesn't have to be 'boring', but innovation is key

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... help with how to navigate that." Likewise, speaking on the same panel, Rest head of portfolio construction, external equities Chris Drew said the super fund has dedicated five years to trying to ensure it has the right capabilities. "Part of that journey ...

US equities face volatility as growth risks mount: Morgan Stanley

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
US equities face a volatile path ahead as policy uncertainty, fiscal constraints, immigration enforcement, the lagged impact of interest rate hikes, and strong dollar combine to pressure earnings forecasts, according to Morgan Stanley. The investment ...