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Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... decline is indicative of funds managing larger portions of their investment portfolios in-house. Other analysis from the research house in January 2024 found that 17% of APRA-regulated superannuation funds under management (FUM) was internally managed ...

Hearts & Minds appoints operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... the firm into one of Australia's leading corporate givers, which allocates 1.5 per cent of its assets to medical research charities each year. "This well-deserved promotion reflects Maggie's outstanding leadership, dedication, and the significant ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Darwis as an associate in the firm's real assets team. Darwis brings research and consulting experience in the property sector and joins Frontier from PPC Urban, where she carried out strategic research ...

Insignia lost a suitor, but takeover isn't off the table: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... of a takeover unravelling has increased, the volatility Bain cited for bowing out has moderated in recent weeks. The research house noted constructive US-China tariff negotiations have improved investor sentiment, and if that continues, capital markets ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... cap indices shouldn't expect higher returns for taking on greater risk. This outlook is similar to that of MSCI head of research Ashley Lester, who recently told Financial Standard that while the US has been "the only game in town" for the largest institutional ...

TPD claim settlements take 'considerably longer': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
New group insurance research finds that total permanent disability (TPD) claims are taking much longer to process, while death claims appear to have more efficient processes in place. According to Rainmaker's latest benchmarking data, a total of ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... 70% by the end of last year. History, however, suggests that this dominance is bound to wane, according to MSCI chief research officer Ashley Lester. The rise of US financial assets relative to the rest of the developed world "is a clear story," Lester ...

Third Link adds three underlying Aussie equity managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... Chester High Conviction Fund has outperformed the market by 5.8% per annum since 2013, is supported by deep fundamental research and ESG integration that aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 300 Accumulation Index. It now manages over $1.5 billion in funds ...

Global X recruits key executives

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... Australia, with Wolak taking on Cliff Man's role as portfolio management. David Tuckwell's product, strategy, and research role has been filled by Marc Jocum, who was elevated to senior product and investment strategist and Billy Leung to senior ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... quant strategies across global markets. Xu arrived from Frontier Advisers, where she was promoted to the new quantitative research consultant within the capital markets and asset allocation team, just 12 months ago. The quant has focused on macroeconomic ...