Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 481 - 490 of 9928 results for "Equity"

Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Only half of global equity funds are trailing their benchmarks, marking a substantial improvement from the 71% long-run underperformance rate, according the SPIVA Australia Scorecard half-year analysis. Fifty-four percent of global equity general funds ...

Female fund managers' triumphant decade: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... past year. The Trump effect However, with US President Donald Trump's continuous efforts to scale back on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), many companies have withdrawn their policies favouring the segment, including Goldman Sachs and Deloitte. ...

Samuel Terry bids for Eildon again

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... Return Active Fund, which has $1 billion in assets under management. The fund invests in local and international debt and equity securities that are listed or unlisted, as well as derivatives. It has some 425 wholesale investors comprising family offices ...

NZ Super delivers 11.84%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... Superannuation chief executive Jo Townsend said while much of the result was down to the continuing strength of global equity markets, the Guardians' active investment strategies also had a positive impact on the performance. "Two numbers are of particular ...

Allow couples tax-free super splitting: Hume

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... (Tackling the Gender Super Gap) Bill 2025 was tabled by Senator Jane Hume, who said it "goes to the heart of fairness, equity and recognition of the sacrifices made within Australian families." Under the bill, spouses would be able to split their retirement ...

Equity Trustees defies ASIC Shield Master Fund allegations

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Equity Trustees (EQT) vows to defend itself against ASIC's lawsuit alleging it failed superannuation trustee duties over the collapse of the Shield Master Fund, as details emerge of how one of its analysts red flagged the product but was allegedly ...

BlackRock nabs $122bn Citi mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... at the forefront of clients' evolving needs." This comes as BlackRock saw Dutch pension fund PFZW cease investing in equity funds it managed in part because of concerns over its voting record on sustainability issues. That mandate is reported to ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... Meta's Llama, which according to Nvidia, uses 16,000 of its H100 GPUs. J.P. Morgan Asset Management portfolio manager of US equity Eric Ghernati says companies like AWS, Microsoft, Google, Oracle and Meta are spending big on GenAI - but with minimal ...

Fortitude Investment Partners expands team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Private equity manager Fortitude Investment Partners has made a string of appointments this month, including an investor services manager who had worked at Allan Gray (South Africa) for more than a decade. Akyere Sobukwe-Whyte has been appointed as ...

Coaxial names chief investment officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... from Aveo, where he currently serves as chief financial officer. He brings more than 25 years of experience in private equity, investment banking, property, resources and infrastructure at organisations such as Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs ...