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Tariffs not the only inflationary risk: Colchester

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... inflating at a disproportionate rate. He added that services provided in Australia may be priced higher than other parts of the world due to "domestic policy", not so much from global factors. Further, aside from tariffs, Simpson said inflationary risks ...

India Avenue launches active ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
... said the ETF offers Australian and New Zealand investors the opportunity to tap into the growth potential of one of the world's fastest-growing major economies. "While India presents long-term growth potential, investing in emerging markets carries inherent ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... 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 fiscal stimulus in September 2024. But the rally began to fade ...

Korean pension fund takes $50m stake in Metrics

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
The National Pension Service (NPS) of Korea - the worlds third largest pension fund - has acquired a 4.17% stake in Metrics Credit Holdings for $50 million. This comes seven years after Pinnacle Investment Management paid $46 million for a 35% equity ...

Australia can benefit from China's economic growth amid trade war: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... and almost the size of the market cap (91%) of the domestic stock market, which is the second largest stock market in the world," Diez said. "There is an incredible amount of firepower that consumers have sitting in their banks to propel investment in ...

Japanese asset manager enters Australian market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... returns. SMDAM's Global Strategy has achieved a gross return of 12.53% p.a. since inception in April 2015, compared to the MSCI World Benchmark of 9.96% p.a. Cumulative returns since inception amount to 216.10% for the portfolio gross of fees versus ...

ART appoints insurance chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... chief executive over the last six months and will position ART Life well to execute on its strategic ambition of becoming a world-class group life insurer." "Matt has over 25 years' experience in insurance and financial services, including actuarial ...

WTW names head of real assets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... innovation project team within WTW to develop a carbon offset solution to support organisations in their transition to a net zero world.." "We are excited that she is now back with our business team and are looking forward to the impact she will have ...

Iress hires wealth tech experts

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... to focus on driving growth in our core wealth management business and delivering exceptional value to our clients through world-class advice technology." Last month Iress added the former head of Count Financial to a newly created executive general manager ...

Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... Australians. The report said Australia will need to focus on negotiating a new global order, as one of the key themes. "As the world moves away from a rules-based system (the current political, legal and economic framework governing international relations) ...