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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 ...

Super admin providers face reckoning in 2025: Finura

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
More companies will divest their superannuation administration offerings in 2025, according to Finura, as super funds potentially move this service in-house amid tighter scrutiny from the regulators. ASIC suing Cbus for poor member claims experience ...

Macquarie AM splashes billions on Applied Digital Corporation

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has pledged US$5 billion to NASDAQ-listed Applied Digital Corporation, which provides high-performance computing (HPC) data-centre solutions. MAM will initially commit up to US$900 million to operate the Ellendale HPC ...

Economist's wishlist: Lower tariffs, bond yields settling

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JAN 2025
AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina has listed the top five things the AMP econosights team is hoping to see in 2025. Firstly, Mousina said that while higher trade tariffs are unavoidable given the incoming US President, she hopes the US will stop ...

Trump's response to global conflict adds uncertainty to private markets: IFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
How the Trump administration handles geopolitical conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war and Israeli-Palestinian conflict, will inject uncertainty to private markets, according to IFM Investors' Private Markets Macro Outlook. IFM Investors chief ...

CFS delivers 16.6% returns for growth members

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) announced impressive returns for its balanced and growth equivalent funds throughout 2024. The FirstChoice Employer Super balanced option returned 13.8% in 2024, while the FirstChoice Employer Super growth option delivered ...

MetLife snaps up three investment teams from Mesirow

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JAN 2025
MetLife Investment Management will acquire three investment teams and assets managed by Mesirow, shortly after it announced its acquisition of PineBridge Investments. MetLife Investment Management will take on Mesirow's high yield and bank loan strategic ...

Regal, Magellan book performance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
Active fund managers Regal Partners and Magellan Financial Group earned $25 million and $6 million in performance fees respectively in the last six months of 2024. Several strategies were behind Regal's outperformance, namely the ASX-listed Regal ...

The productivity bubble has burst: Productivity Commission

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
The latest national account figures indicate that Australia's productivity growth remains in the doldrums, prompting the Productivity Commission to declare revitalising productivity growth as a national priority. September quarter figures showed ...

Macquarie AM puts money in Aussie real estate investment firm

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Macquarie Asset Management's Real Estate division (MAM RE) has invested in IDA - an Australian specialist real estate private credit and investment manager - via its Macquarie Real Estate Partners (MREP) fund. Under the deal, IDA founding partners ...