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TWC launches Global Wealth Creators Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
TWC Investment Management has launched the Select Global Wealth Creators Fund (SGWC), offering access to high-quality companies to wholesale and institutional investors. The actively managed fund aims to deliver annual returns of 3-4% above the MSCI ...

DWS, S64 launch sustainable infrastructure offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 NOV 2024
DWS has launched a sustainable infrastructure focussed Wholesale Australian Unit Trust for Australian private wealth managers in a partnership with S64, the alternatives fintech. The offering empowers financial intermediaries to distribute private markets ...

Property 'well-placed' for growth: Knight Frank

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2024
The real estate group is confident that the commercial and industrial property markets will pick up next year, but flagged one major concern for investors. In its report, Australian Horizon 2025, Knight Frank found that now may be the time to invest ...

Global equity, AREIT managers biggest underperformers: S&P Dow Jones

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... Index, and half lagged over a three-year period. Over 10 and 15 years, 75% and 71% underperformed respectively. The results echo the world stage in S&P's latest SPIVA Scorecard where most global equity funds domiciled in the US, Europe, Japan, and ...

Harris vs Trump: Key economic policy differences

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2024
... US election outcomes can be difficult to predict. "The current US Vice President, Kamala Harris' policy proposals closely echo those of President Joe Biden in many ways. Indeed, the Harris proposal for a rise in the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% ...

HESTA snags AMP head of compliance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2024
HESTA has named a general manager, compliance, recruiting the head of risk and compliance from AMP's superannuation business. Tim Pietsch has taken on the role and brings extensive experience across the financial services sector to the fold. He joins ...

ETFs preferred vehicles for Aussie, US advisers: Surveys

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
The low-cost features of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to attract the glut of financial advisers both here and overseas as only a minority now shun the investment vehicles, new surveys find. The portion of advisers canvassed in VanEck's ...

FAAA ramps up Dixon inquiry campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) is calling on all federal members of parliament to support a public inquiry into the collapse of Dixon Advisory and the flow-on effect on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). The FAAA has written ...

AI could see emerging markets flourish: Experts

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2024
Although the emerging markets have been on the backfoot in recent years, they are beginning to gain ground again with institutional investors, an expert from Janus Henderson Investors noted, underpinned by the rise of artificial intelligence. Institutional ...

Evergreen funds prime for retail PE investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
During a panel session at the act Conference 2024 yesterday, private equity experts spoke of the growing appeal of evergreen funds as a vehicle for retail investors looking to invest in private markets. Unlike traditional private funds, evergreen funds ...