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Australia must focus on 'friend-shoring': UNSW

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
... issue of low productively growth was also flagged by the research, which pointed out that Australia's productivity performance has been flat since the start of COVID-19 in 2020. " With changing global and domestic conditions, it is imperative we address ...

Cost to maintain comfortable retirement increases

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... also supercharged the super balance in Australia last year, where most Australians are satisfied with their super performance. Notably, the price increase for goods and services have slowed down in the December quarter, including food prices from 3.3% ...

ETF market dips but bright spots emerge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2025
... Asia-based ETFs, VanEck said. BlackRock's iShares China Large-Cap ETF and iShares Asia 50 ETF took the lead in performance for February, returning 11.6% and 7.2%, respectively. Following the four-month mark of US president Donald Trump's administration ...

Managed accounts sector grows to $233bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... Potter said there is no doubt that the managed accounts sector is delivering to those investors. "Very good investment performance together with inflows of $14.35 billion in the second half of 2024 added to the strong position the managed account industry ...

IAM mandate grows to $130m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... "The total transition has been close to $1.8 billion of client assets and is expected to improve IAM's financial performance by $600,000 per annum in FY2026," IAM said. Separately, BGC Partners Australia, trading as Fixed Income Solutions, has taken ...

Andrew Lill to run investments at legalsuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... support our broader organisational mission of providing our fast-growing membership with the services and investment performance to enhance their lives in retirement," legalsuper chief executive Luke Symons said. "As the superannuation sector becomes ...

Aussie ETF market tipped to hit $300bn in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... "explosive growth" of 47% in the APAC region, of which 45% was derived from inflows. This follows the positive market performance in February, surpassing $250 billion in FUM. While Australia enjoyed a steady 26% growth in 2024, which is ahead of South ...

abrdn embraces letter 'E' again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... "corporate bullying." The rebrand was also ill-timed, coming as the asset manager battled several other issues related to performance and was pushed to consolidate much of its operations, including in Australia. At its height in 2015, the group's ...

BNP Paribas wins new custody mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... administration services. As part of the mandate, BNP Paribas will handle Medibank's custody, fund administration, performance reporting, cash management, and FX solutions. The bank, which oversees US$13.7 trillion in assets under custody, said the mandate ...

Metrics acquires BC Investment Group

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... held by the Credit Trust is $140.3 million, however a deferred consideration may be payable based on the financial performance of BCI against defined targets in the 12-month period after completion. Then maximum additional payment is $6.9 million. The ...