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Wages grow 0.7% in June quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2024
Australians' pay packets grew by 0.7% in the June quarter, the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) shows, down 0.9% from the prior quarter. Annually, the rate of growth for wages in the private sector was 4.1%, down from three consecutive ...

Janus Henderson to buy private credit manager Victory Park Capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2024
Janus Henderson will acquire a majority stake in private credit manager Victory Park Capital Advisors after Pacific Current Group agreed to divest part of its interest in the firm. The London-headquartered asset manager said that the acquisition of ...

FTSE Russell hires client coverage lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
FTSE Russell has appointed Julia Lee as the head of client coverage to work alongside asset owners, asset managers, and institutional clients. Lee takes on the role of FTSE Russell head of client coverage, index investments group, Pacific. She joins ...

BlackRock names Asia Pacific operations chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
BlackRock named Tomoko Ueda as chief operating officer for its Asia Pacific business, succeeding James Raby who will become global head of compliance. Ueda has been with BlackRock since 2022 when she joined as head of corporate strategy and development ...

Zenith head of research calls time

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
Zenith Investment Partners general manager and head of research Bronwen Moncrieff has left the investment consultancy after 13 years. Moncrieff said she is going to take a break to recharge before contemplating her next chapter. "For the moment, it's ...

Macquarie AM splurges on data centre

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2024
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) will splurge US$530 million on a Korean data centre company. MAM via its Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund (MKIF) agreed to acquire the Hanam Data Centre, a data centre with a total capacity of 40 megawatts and a target ...

Global X chief to step down

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
Global X ETFs Australia chief executive Evan Metcalf will step down from his role at the end of October after a decade with the firm. During the transition period, chief operating officer Oliver Reynolds and head of sales Manny Damianakis will oversee ...

Top 10 Australian share funds of FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
Mercer has published its Investment Performance Survey, revealing the top-performing Australian share fund managers of 2023-24. The Glenmore Australian Equities Fund took out top spot with a 31.5% return. The fund, which has a diversified portfolio ...

Future Fund hires Fortlake investments deputy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has hired Fortlake Asset Management's deputy chief investment officer. Kylie-Anne Richards joined last week, sitting with the Future Fund's dynamic asset allocation team. Richards has served as deputy chief ...

CalSTRS creates Total Fund Management division

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
The California State Teachers Retirement System (CalSTRS) has established a Total Fund Management division, according to its latest Investments Branch business plan. CalSTRS chief investment officer Scott Chan, who took on the role this month following ...