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Poor investment governance costly for asset owners, members: KPMG, Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... which have services us well in the past may not be as suitable for the future environment - the evolving landscape of technology, ESG, climate factors, a dynamic regulatory environment, coupled with the increasing globalisation of markets, is putting ...

Treasury shakes up foreign investing framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... proposals and dedicate more resources to screen them. These include investments in critical infrastructure and minerals, technology, and especially those that involve sensitive data sets and investment near defence sites. Chalmers will bolster compliance ...

Qantas Super boosts ag assets by $200m

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2024
... said. Lenaghan said Australian agriculture is set to drive returns through investments in productivity via agricultural technology, data analysis, and transformational practice change. "The sector has a low correlation to other assets classes and has ...

AMP Advice partners with BlackRock and Lonsec

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2024
... base, AMP said. The portfolios use BlackRock's multi-asset investment expertise and global custom managed portfolio technology, together with Lonsec's investment manager research and manager selection capabilities to deliver portfolio customisation at ...

ClearBridge launches first local global equity fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2024
... aims to deliver above-market returns. The fund tracks the MSCI AC World (Net) (AUD) Index and invests namely in the technology, financials, healthcare, consumer discretionary, industrials, consumer staples, and materials sectors. It currently has large ...

Goldman Sachs ditches robo-adviser Marcus Invest

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2024
... assets under management among 850,000 customers. It will only transition accounts and associated AUM and not staff, technology, or operations involved in running the robo-advice offering. The transition is expected to take place around the end of June. ...

Institutional investors eye increased exposure to Vietnam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
Most pension fund managers and institutional investors plan to increase their exposure to Vietnam over the next three years, according to research from Dragon Capital. Dragon Capital, a Vietnam-focused investment firm reported that 96% of them expect ...

How to win in today's wealth management industry: EY

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... challenge is to deliver these services at scale, while providing bespoke advice to HNW clients at a manageable cost. Technology has a key role to play in boosting relevance and profitability, but many elements must be aligned for firms to materially ...

Dividends up but share buybacks fall: Janus Henderson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
... made a disproportionately large reduction; US buybacks fell by $159 billion last year, down by 17% year-on-year. US technology companies cut back the most, spending $69 billion less than the previous year. Among these, Microsoft and Meta reduced buybacks ...

S&P/ASX200 tipped to hit 8300: VanEck

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... price to 12-month forward earnings (forward PE) above its historical average," the report read. In the year to March, technology stocks returned 51%, while real estate and financials delivered 37% and 28% respectively. The banks appear to be overvalued ...