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Future Generation appoints chief investment officer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... Future Generation's operations and will "elevate our growth strategy to the next level." "His understanding of listed equities, extensive industry knowledge and relationships will help boost Future Generation's reach, as well as our ability to ...

Fiducian FUMAA swell to $14.4bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... exposure to 'growth' assets," Fiducian executive chair Indy Singh said. "We retain a bias towards international equities as the earnings outlook for the ASX is not as bright as offshore, plus some researchers believe there could be further weakness ...

Super moves: VFMC, QIC, Prime Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Nikola Garevski has joined Victorian Funds Management Corporation as a senior equities analyst. Garevski landed at the $92 billion VFMC from AustralianSuper, where he was a senior risk analyst on an eight-month contract. Previously, he spent over four ...

SG Hiscock, Ruffer shutter funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... Two funds managed by SG Hiscock (SGH) and Ruffer have closed due to lack of investor interest. The SGH Ex-20 Australian Equities Fund was terminated on February 3 for failing to reach its required scale and retain and attract the desired number of investors. ...

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... timing being favourable is because small caps typically outperform during pro-business, pro-growth periods. "Small cap equities often outperform during economic recoveries and periods of financial easing. Combined with Trump's pro-growth and pro-business ...

Australian super assets set to become second largest globally: WTW

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2025
... alternatives has marginally increased since 2019, from 23% to 24% for super funds. "The bigger shift has been an increase to equities, which has risen from 47% of portfolios to 52% over the past five years, mainly funded from cash," he said. The Netherlands ...

Warakirri hires regional manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... pivotal time for the business as it looks to broaden its retail footprint by leveraging its existing agriculture and equities offerings, and as it actively seeks to add and distribute new investment partners as part of the growth of its managed funds ...

JANA revamps research team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... hires and promotions in response to strong business growth. Matthew Gadsden, who previously served as the head of global equities research, has been appointed to the newly created position of head of research execution. This role focuses on driving efficiency ...

Pinnacle delivers 'flawless' half-year performance: Analyst

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... denominated assets. "Against that backdrop, however, we have still not seen a significant improvement in appetite for equities amongst institutional clients or the increasingly sophisticated wholesale market, with our flows remaining dominated by fixed ...

Fixed income drives managed fund surge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2025
... billion. Global equity funds had close to $30 billion in inflows - of the $13.8 billion that went into North American equities, $9.8 billion went into active equity funds. US investor sentiment may be returning to active equity funds, but investors are ...