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CFS awards global equities mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... CFS told investors that Celeste Funds Management will hand back its mandate of managing the Celeste Australian Small Companies that is in the FirstChoice menu. Celeste is reportedly shutting after 27 years in operation. The small- and mid-cap fund manager ...

Commodities 'crucial' for portfolio resilience: QIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... commodity exposures. "While commodity price movements influence a range of assets, including the equity of commodity companies and the Australian dollar, we view these as inadequate substitutes for a direct allocation to commodity futures," the paper ...

Australian firms may face 'intense competition': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... picking up in early 2025; China felt it had a strong hand in responding to the economic impact of tariffs; and Australian companies in China saw opportunities amidst the risks," Hauser said. However, Hauser noted that while tariff settings have already ...

Franklin Templeton, Pendal funds shutter

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... exceeds the MSCI AC Asia ex Japan (Standard) Index (Net Dividends) in AUD over the medium to long term. It invested in companies operating in countries such as Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines ...

DeepSeek, Alibaba: Silver linings for emerging markets strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
DeepSeek and Alibaba's rise from the ashes have bolstered the case for investing in Chinese companies, according to an emerging markets expert seeking the best opportunities in the face of geopolitical tensions and heightened risks. J.P. Morgan ...

Former director sentenced over 'test' trading accounts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... clients of Guevara Capital Access and/or Online Trading Capital (both deregistered). McCabe was sole director of both companies. He used the stolen funds for his own benefit for business and personal expenses. He entered a guilty plea in September 2024 ...

Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... businesses and communities, he said. "We remain excited about investing with Transgrid and our other Australian portfolio companies Port of Melbourne, FRV Australia, and Waveconn," he said. OMERS executive vice president and global infrastructure head ...

Managed funds should be 'prepared to take less'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association's (SIAA) 2025 conference, experts working across listed investment companies (LICs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took aim at managed fund fee structures. During a "debate" over ETFs versus LICs ...

Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
Increased scrutiny and costs are just some of the challenges facing listed companies and forcing private companies to stay private for longer. According to Australasian Investor Relations Association chief executive Ian Matheson, there are four main ...

UniSuper lifts fund manager investment to $100m

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... partners, helping it to fund 70 start-ups since inception, 16 of which have secured commercial deals with international companies. For example, Forcite Helmet Systems, a mass-produced smart motorcycle helmet system conceived by a University of New South ...