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Industry funds defend CFMEU board ties

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
Industry funds BUSSQ and Cbus have defended their respective boards' close ties to the CFMEU, saying all representatives satisfy the fit and proper standards outlined by APRA. This week the Victorian branch of the Construction, Forestry and Maritime ...

The most popular fund types launched in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... class didn't attract the highest flows. There were 19 new global fixed income funds, 18 Australian equity funds, 16 alternative funds, and 13 domestic real assets, and Australian fixed income funds, respectively, according to Equity Trustees. Equity ...

AustralianSuper real assets lead joins fund manager

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... support the sectors in which it is actively building capability and scale, including infrastructure, healthcare, and alternative investments. The real estate fund manager announced two other changes to its leadership team. Dexus appointed Marjan van ...

Qantas Super, Australian Retirement Trust to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
Qantas Super is poised to merge with $300 billion industry fund Australian Retirement Trust (ART). Subject to final assessments of members' best financial interests and equivalency rights, the merger would see Qantas Super's $9 billion in funds ...

Global Credit Investments appoints new chief executive

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUL 2024
... "Higher interest rates and stricter lending conditions have intensified pressure on borrowers, underscoring the need for alternative and innovative financing solutions. GCI's dedication to providing flexible funding for borrowers while delivering strong ...

Bitcoin ETF price war: VanEck, Monochrome cut costs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUL 2024
VanEck has cut the management fee for its Bitcoin ETF (ASX: VBTC) to 0.49% per annum, just days after Monochrome Asset Management made a change. The ETF provider said the decision followed more than $18 million flowing into the fund since its launch ...

'Growing revenues, not AUM, is the new name of the game': ISS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
The relationship between assets under management (AUM) and revenue growth has broken down as fund buyers - both retail and institutional - increasingly embrace lower-fee index funds. This comes as interest in more expensive active strategies appears ...

ETFs trump active managed funds in core portfolios

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 11 JUL 2024
... market, it would be 'choice' - more choice of fund managers, more thematic ETFs, more active strategies, and more alternative assets such as cryptocurrencies. There's lots of innovation taking place and it will be an exciting space to watch," Campion ...

The investment managers winning the biggest mandates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
Some investment managers still scored large mandates despite an overall nosedive in appointments by not-for-profit super funds. Alphinity, which manages $31.39 billion of Australian-sourced funds, was awarded a $2.92 billion international equites mandate ...

GAM launches alternative investments unit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
GAM Investments has appointed Randel Freeman as co-head and co-chief investment officer its new specialist alternative investments unit, GAM Alternatives, effective immediately. Freeman will work alongside Albert Saporta to build out GAM's alternative ...