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Super moves: TCorp, ESSSuper, Funds SA, Team Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
TCorp has promoted Tim Dai to manager of infrastructure, real assets and private markets investments. Dai previously served as a senior associate advising the New South Wales government on complex commercial transactions, leveraging his analytical skills ...

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
Australia's top advice associations are eagerly anticipating meaningful and swift changes to take place under new financial services minister Daniel Mulino, optimistic that critical reforms in the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and Delivering ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Australia can get hurt by US President Donald Trump's 'incoherent' and 'lunatic' tariff policies that appear to have no logic or endgame if China's economy experiences a drastic slowdown, academics say. Australian National University ...

Australian equity fund manager in a league of its own: Mercer survey

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
An Australian equity fund manager has run circles around its rivals over the year to March, according to Mercer's most recent investment survey. The Forager Funds Management Australian Shares Fund returned 21.7% before fees, outperforming all 123 investment ...

Longreach poaches CFS wealth director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
Longreach Alternatives has hired Katerina Skulskaya, a former director at Colonial First State Investments, to strengthen its fundraising efforts. Based in Brisbane, Skulskaya will cover private wealth and family office clients for Longreach Capital ...

Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
Acadian Asset Management has launched the Acadian Enhanced Emerging Markets Equity Fund in Australia. The new strategy aims to generate long-term returns for Australian wholesale investors through a diversified portfolio of approximately 500 emerging ...

New gig for JP Morgan's AI guru

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
Sydney-based Berowne Hlavaty has been appointed global head of applied AI and data science at JP Morgan, the financial services giant. After a long career in quantitative research strategy, Hlavaty is making a switch to an internal technology role where ...

Best Australian share funds of 2024: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2025
The top 10 Australian share funds of 2024 have been revealed, with the reigning champion retaining its crown for a second straight year, according to a Mercer investment survey. The Hyperion Australian Growth Fund claimed the top spot, delivering a ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
Secret affairs, sexual harassment, and systemic abuses of power by chief executives and senior leaders have the potential to erode investment returns, according to Acadian Asset Management. Events like these can shake company valuations, demonstrating ...

SEC names acting chair, establishes crypto taskforce

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that US President Donald Trump has appointed Mark Uyeda as acting chair of the agency. "I am honored to serve in this capacity after serving as a commissioner since 2022, and a member of the staff ...