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Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... which is based in Edinburgh, will move under Franklin Equity Group, a US$139 billion outfit that invests in long-term, quality growth equities. Martin Currie was founded in Scotland in 1881. Legg Mason acquired Martin Currie in 2014, joining its other ...

Auditors tighten fist on greenwashing

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... However, professional services firm GHD came out against a ban, saying it would discourage investment and water down the quality of audits. Such local modifications are still being hammered out with stakeholders, courtesy of the Australian Auditing and ...

Martin Currie adds to active ETF stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... they offer a compelling, lower-risk income exposure." "With positive earnings and dividend revisions now improving for quality real assets, the portfolio fundamentals look good. Unlike the unlisted world, listed real assets have now priced in higher ...

Cbus hits $100bn in member assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... infrastructure asset class is expected to remain strong in 2025 with a positive return outlook driven by continued demand for quality assets and desire for existing asset owners to recycle their respective portfolios. In addition, Chatfield pointed to ...

Super failures, greenwashing: ASIC's key issues in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... market confidence or lead to misinformed investment decisions; specifically pointing to internal system failures and poor-quality climate-relate financial disclosures. "High quality, consistent and comparable information about reporting entities' climate-related ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... reports - when making investment decisions, the firm added. Investors would be wise to sharpen their focus on management quality and corporate governance to avoid being caught off guard, as companies with poorer corporate behaviour and culture have "consistently ...

Scarcity Partners enlists former Ophir Asset Management chief

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... for both Scarcity and our portfolio companies," Whittingham said. Chirakis said he is excited to work alongside the high-quality team at Scarcity Partners - which has experience from asset managers including Pinnacle Investment Management, Hyperion Asset ...

RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... on the record in saying that the RBA will cut rate in February, and I still think that is the case," Miller said. "The quality of the employment growth is largely contributed by the public sector, as the private sector is still very weak. But the reality ...

Bell Financial absorbs 75k Macquarie accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... platforms under its own name since 2014. "This new agreement builds on our long-term partnership and is a testament to the quality of Bell's online share trading technology and services," Selvarajah said. "It strengthens our position in the market and ...

Australian Unity hires from Centuria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... Plant was appointed head of direct healthcare property, with responsibility for managing the business' portfolio of high-quality assets and related stakeholder engagement. Plant has been with AUHPT since 2014 and served as assistant fund manager since ...