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UniSuper prepared for buying opportunities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... months to December 2024. "Our two best performing investment options for the 12 months to 31 December 2024 were Global Companies in Asia and International Shares, which both recorded returns well in excess of 20%," he said. "UniSuper's Balanced option ...

Foreign investors banned from buying homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... such as when they come to live here for work or study." The ban will extend to temporary residents and foreign-owned companies, unless an exception applies. The exceptions include investments that significantly increase housing supply or support to availability ...

Australian Bond Exchange grows footprint with global partnership

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Australian Bond Exchange (ABE) will partner with ViewTrade Australia to take its over-the-counter (OTC) offerings global. ViewTrade Australia is a subsidiary of ViewTrade Holding Corp, which provides brokerage, technology and financial solutions to ...

EQT brings new strategy to Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... digital, energy and environmental, transport and logistics, and social infrastructure sectors. It also ranges from scale-up companies to market-leading businesses. EQT Nexus Infrastructure is the second evergreen fund following the introduction of EQT ...

New starter at GCQ Funds

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... looking to build on its 30% annualised gain since launching two years ago by betting on the pricing-power of marquee companies. The firm said its portfolio's net return for January was 6.4% compared to the MSCI World AUD index, which was 2.4% for ...

Five V hires from buyout firm EQT

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... invested in Digital Matter. For its part, EQT is expanding into the Australian energy and environmental sector after buying companies worth over $10 billion in the past four years, including retirement village and cancer care company Icon Group.

Janus Henderson turns $5.2bn fixed interest fund into active ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... help investors leverage the boom in US stock markets, with a core offering of exposure to 100 of the largest innovative companies listed on the US market on either the NASDAQ or NYSE." U100 holds key companies including Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Meta ...

SG Hiscock, Ruffer shutter funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... visits. "Quality is chiefly an evaluation of a company's management, balance sheet and business model. Only, those companies which pass the fund's rigorous quality screen are considered for portfolio inclusion," Morningstar said. Separately ...

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... an anchor investor in new venture capital firm Climate Tech Partners, investing in "innovative software and hardware companies" accelerating decarbonisation. Climate Tech Partners was founded by Patrick Sieb and Tom Kline, who bring more than 35 years ...

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... compared to the S&P 500, where technology accounts for about 30% of the total index weight. Leung added many of the companies in the Russell 2000 index are the "bread and butter" of the US economy. He also said that the index usually performs during ...