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MetLife snaps up three investment teams from Mesirow

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
MetLife Investment Management will acquire three investment teams and assets managed by Mesirow, shortly after it announced its acquisition of PineBridge Investments. MetLife Investment Management will take on Mesirow's high yield and bank loan strategic ...

Investors should stay the course in 2025: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
Despite some critical short-term influences markets are currently withstanding, Morningstar portfolio manager Bianca Rose is advising investors to tread into the new year carefully without committing their investments solely to those events. Rose told ...

Regal, Magellan book performance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... corresponding period of $100,000. Last month, Magellan launched the Vinva Australian Alpha Extension Fund, a 130:30 long-short strategy. This is the third Vinva fund Magellan brought to market and follows the launch of the Vinva Global Equity Fund and ...

Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... performance of share markets, returning 14.09% and 14.08% respectively for the calendar year. "Strong investment returns over the short-term help support our long-term investment goals," Rest interim co-chief investment officer Kiran Singh said. "Global ...

Traders left scrambling over ASX settlement outage

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
... time," ASIC chair Joe Longo said. "We expect the ASX to be a place to list and invest with confidence. When the ASX falls short, it has wide ranging consequences across the market." Defending its position, ASX chief executive Helen Lofthouse said the ...

Boutique global asset management firms' investment outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2024
... markets are counteracting with heightened optimism, creating a net liquidity boost. While this supports asset prices in the short term, it risks fuelling inflation and, more worryingly, leaves markets vulnerable to a sharp liquidity reversal if sentiment ...

Government bolsters funding for payday super reforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... chief executive Georgia Brumby said passing payday super into law is crucial to ensuring the millions of Australis who are short-changed get every dollar of super they're owed. "Unpaid super locks too many Australians out of the full transformative benefits ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... as many new, younger, less experienced workers joined the labour force - which can act as a drag on productivity in the short-term as they tend to take time to acquire new on-the-job skills. Ultimately, however, "more Australians in jobs is a good story," ...

IFM urges investment in housing, hires former Dexus chief

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
IFM Investors is urging Australia's industry super funds to invest in housing, saying it is a "win-win" for super fund members and the nation's housing supply issues. In a new blueprint report, IFM said proposed policy settings could help create as ...

Oaktree completes $240m AZ NGA deal

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... through a combination of M&A and organic growth, and our strategic partnership with Oaktree gives us the capital to fund our short-to-medium term plans and continue enhancing our proposition to accounting and advice businesses," Barrett said. "In the ...