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Cbus Super makes key ESG hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... she helped manage the Australian Sustainable Share Fund, led engagements with company executives and board members, and managed proxy voting on behalf of all global equity teams. "Strong leadership and a shared sense of purpose create the best conditions ...

Managed fund inflows jump over 20x: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
Managed funds domiciled in Australia received $8.6 billion in inflows from January to May this year, over 20 times the level recorded over the same period last year, according to global funds network Calastone. Calastone said local investors appeared ...

InvestSMART names chief operating officer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... focuses on growing funds under management. As at 31 December 2024, InvestSMART had $671 million FUM, managing professionally managed accounts on behalf of 2950 clients. "Andrew brings extensive senior financial leadership experience with a proven track ...

Pinnacle founder Ian Macoun unloads $77m of shares

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... come," he said. "I am pleased that this sale will allow me to invest all or most of the proceeds (after tax) in funds managed by Metrics which provide an attractive yield." Notably, Pinnacle holds a 35% equity interest in Metrics Credit Holdings, in ...

Betashares gearing up to expand Wealth Builder product suite

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
Betashares has registered a new managed investment scheme, which possibly signals the expansion of its Wealth Builder geared ETF product suite, launched in April last year. The Betashares Wealth Builder Global Shares Geared (30-40% LVR) Complex ETF ...

Uncertainty propels investors towards active managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... managers including 79 from Australia, found that 80% of global investors are more likely to increase allocations to actively managed investment strategies in the year ahead. That sentiment is especially prominent in Australia, as 84% of Australian investors ...

Union redundancy funds in ASIC's sights

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... multi-billion-dollar funds, which it said were growing significantly. Fund operators have been granted relief from the licensing, managed investment and associated provisions of the Corporations Act since the year 2000, but this is set to expire on 1 ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... Misha Schubert said good governance is fundamental to advancing the interests of the millions of Australians with savings managed by profit-to-member super funds. "New research shows profit-to-member super funds with equal representation boards have ...

Global X scales higher on the ETF issuer podium

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... approach $1 trillion by 2030, as more investors adopt ETFs to build low-cost portfolios at the expense of the unlisted managed fund industry. "It's a fact that most active managers underperform their benchmarks over the long term, according to data from ...

ART overhaul sees senior portfolio managers exit

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... fund's investment functions. He also spent seven years at TCorp, most recently as head of liquid alternatives, where he managed selection and portfolio construction across multi-asset class funds, hedge funds, and alternative risk premia strategies. ...