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Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... and cyclical doubts challenged views in both equity and bond markets," Metcalfe said. "Investor optimism toward Chinese equities faded in June with flows falling back from above to simply average levels. This did not deter stronger long-term investor ...

The investment managers winning the biggest mandates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUL 2024
... Australian-sourced funds, was awarded a $2.92 billion international equites mandate from Cbus and a $327 million Australian equities mandate from Brighter Super, totalling $3.25 billion. This made Alphinity the top manager for mandates by total value ...

World's largest pension fund returns 22.67%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... Fund (GPIF) reported a 22.67% return for the fiscal year ending 2023. This performance was driven primarily by domestic equities, which yielded 41.41% return, and foreign equities, which returned 40.06%. Together, these sectors contributed $357.55 billion ...

Global outfit acquires Vasco Trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... entity services, and compliance and licensing solutions. Vasco Trustees has clients in Australia, Asia and the US across equities, fixed income, real estate, and multi-manager funds. They include Australia China Investment Fund, Acre Mile, Infinity Capital ...

Ausbil reshuffles distribution team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... firm, leading to changes in the sales team. Hik Chadirchi will leave at the end of the month. As a result, the active equities investor's institutional sales lead Adrian Amores will run both wholesale and institutional distribution. Amores - who ...

AustralianSuper reports 'solid return', lags rivals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... retirement. He said the main driver behind the result was strong growth in listed share markets in Australia and overseas. "Equities have done well due to strong earnings growth from technology companies in the US and strong consumer spending in Australia ...

AMP MySuper options power past double-digit returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... fund's 1980s and 1990s investment options returned 11.31%, respectively. AMP said a high allocation to global listed equities, together with positive active asset allocation and security selection from several underlying managers helped drive strong ...

Aware Super delivers 11.02% to default members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... have less capacity to tolerate market volatility." Graham said the fund was slightly more weighted towards international equities than some of its peers, which has aided the return. "It's important to note, however, that resilient equity markets have ...

Colonial First State reports strong super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... investment officer Jonathan Armitage attributed the strong investment performance to strong returns in global and domestic equities. "The strength of global share markets has really been the core driver of investment returns over the last 12 months," ...

Rest's MySuper option returns 8.67% in FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
... stocks at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) development, and the decision to stay fully invested in listed equities, has been strongly rewarded. "These shares have provided a great financial benefit for our members this past financial year," ...