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GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
... economist and subsequently joined the equities department as a portfolio manager. He initially led the US and developed markets equities team out of New York before being invited to head up GIC's investment activities in Europe. He became president ...

Hostplus ups fees, makes $125m investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
... due to an increase in management fees charged by external investment managers for the international equities (developed markets) and fixed income asset classes, and an increase in performance fees for the alternatives and credit asset classes. On the ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... resilient, with the unemployment rate broadly unchanged in July at 6.4%. Amundi Investment Institute head of developed markets strategy research Guy Stear expects rates will be lowered again in October and December as "policy is still too restrictive ...

Lazard AM brings Japanese equities fund to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... diversified investment universe, offering an attractive opportunity set, which is lowly correlated to other developed markets," Kim said. "We see two key themes continuing to play out: corporate governance improvement driving better capital efficiency ...

AI could see emerging markets flourish: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
... companies'] supply chain is in emerging markets. The kinds of structural stories that people get excited about in developed markets resonate equally in emerging markets too." The statement is echoed by Varun Laijawalla, portfolio manager at Ninety One. ...

Future Fund hires Fortlake investments deputy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... and portfolio manager at QTR Capital, a proprietary trading firm focusing on MSCI Global Index rebalances in developed markets and depository receipt arbitrage in Australia and the USA. The part-time lecturer at the University of Technology researches ...

RBA needs to 'rip the band-aid off' and hike rates: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JUL 2024
... and we don't see this changing in 2024," he said. "Notwithstanding the rate cut movement happening in other developed markets, the RBA needs to see a sustained fall in inflation before it will cut rates. While there is a chance the RBA could cave to ...

Rest's MySuper option returns 8.67% in FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
... own over $2000 worth of shares in these companies. While inflation is trending in the right direction in most developed markets, Rest still believes the world is heading into a period of higher structural inflation and greater macroeconomic volatility ...

Bennelong takes on fledgling boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... distribution, administration, and business support. The fund aims to achieve a return net of fees that exceed the S&P Developed Markets MidSmallCap (AUD) over five to seven years. Webster spent nearly 15 years at Magellan with his most recent role being ...

BlackRock to launch new ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2024
... choice to capture this opportunity set, providing the potential for higher returns that are uncorrelated to developed markets and serving as a source of portfolio diversification."