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Australian Retirement Trust delivers 11.3% in FY24

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
... Growth option for the 2024 financial year. ART head of investment strategy Andrew Fisher told Financial Standard that equities over the last two years have been "surprisingly resilient given the inflationary environment." "We think of equities as inflation ...

Bennelong takes on fledgling boutique

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
... mid-cap funds. Webster said that while Australian investors have dozens of options to access large-cap global listed equities, there are far fewer opportunities to invest in a portfolio of high-quality smaller global companies. "By allocating to small ...

Goldman Sachs names new head of Australian equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Goldman Sachs has appointed Mark Davis as managing director and head of Australian and New Zealand equities. Davis will lead the equities team and work closely with regional leadership to drive the strategy for expanding the client franchise in Australia ...

State Street cuts fees on six ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... its Australian-based ETFs. Effective July 1, management costs will be cut for several ETFs including in international equities, Australian equities, listed property and emerging markets. The SPDR S&P World ex Australia Carbon Control Fund (WXOH) will ...

Citi Australia appoints debt capital markets lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
... as super funds, asset managers, insurers, and wealth platforms. Ashton returned to Citi in 2022 serving as director of equities. Prior to her return, she was the managing director of hedge fund sales at Austock Securities, before moving on to become ...

Betashares captures most net flows in managed funds industry

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
... net outflow, reflective of a 29% loss in FUM. Last week, Financial Standard reported that State Street's Australian Equities Index Trust and International Equities Index Trust bore the brunt of the capital exodus over the year. Of the 154 managers ...

Social media, news addiction cost returns: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... who incessantly checks stock prices, currency and commodity fluctuations, and financial news, Morningstar director of equities research for Australia and New Zealand Mathew Hodge said, but do so at their own peril. For one, investors tend to use smartphones ...

Innova backs using leverage in super for housing

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
... means they could borrow at very low cost. Applying a moderate amount of leverage combined with a greater allocation to equities or a more aggressive investment profile should generate similar or greater return than a leveraged property investment." Miles ...

Nuveen chief executive exits amid leadership shakeup

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... trillion asset management firm, but his successor has already been appointed. Nuveen Asset Management president and head of equities and fixed income William (Bill) Huffman, who's been with the firm for over 16 years, has been appointed as chief executive. ...

SSGA loses $2.4bn in two months

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2024
... billion in net outflows over the last two months of 2023, the majority of which hit its Australian and international equities products. The State Street International Equities Index Trust lost a whopping $638 million in December, while the International ...