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Colonial First State hires PE head, farewells sales exec

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Colonial First State has hired a local investment director from a global pension fund to run private equity and unlisted assets. At the same time, its head of investment sales has exited. The wealth and superannuation giant confirmed that Chloé Brayne ...

Industry funds dominate ASX

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
The largest industry superannuation funds hold a substantial portion of the entire market capitalisation of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The "big eight" industry funds - AustralianSuper, Australian Retirement Trust (ART), Aware Super, UniSuper ...

Local private debt funds' growth potential 'remains strong': Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2024
... growing client interest: the opportunities, risks and product structures are generally not as well understood as with listed assets. It's crucial that advisers understand the role these sub-asset classes play in their clients' portfolios, including product ...

Stockspot plots entry into superannuation space

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAY 2024
Stockspot is preparing to launch a superannuation offering that would see members' retirement savings invested exclusively in ETFs. The trading platform is planning to launch Stockspot Super later this year, first bringing an accumulation product to ...

ART reduces admin fees for high balance accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) will be reducing the maximum account balance for the percentage administration fee from $800,000 to $500,000. Currently, the percentage fee applies to the first $800,000 of member account balances in each Super Savings ...

Australian Retirement Trust announces new investment strategy and options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2024
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has announced a range of changes to its investment strategy and options. ART chief of retirement, Kathy Vincent, said the fund engaged its members, advisers and employers to co-design the new investment menu. "When ...

Rest awards impact mandate

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... investment returns and also generate measurable positive environmental impacts," said Kiran Singh, Rest's head of listed assets. "The transition to a lower-carbon economy is presenting us with new investment opportunities to accelerate returns for ...

Super funds increasing offshore investment, currency hedging lessens: NAB

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 27 NOV 2023
According to NAB's latest super insights report, funds are increasingly diversifying internationally; offshore investment allocations rose to 47.8% in 2022, up from 46.8% in the previous year. The report, which surveyed 41 funds comprising 85% of ...

Private equity, venture capital outperform listed assets: Research

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 NOV 2023
Over the past decade, private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) in Australia have yielded an 18% return on investment compared to 9% for the ASX 100 and 8% for the ASX Small Ordinaries Index in the last decade. According to the Australian Investment ...

Rest names internal global equities lead

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2023
... stock-picking strategy that complements Rest's investment internalisation strategy. Mercado will report to Rest's head of listed assets Kiran Singh, anchoring his role in Sydney. He was previously a partner at Paris-based asset manager Comgest, serving ...