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Where to invest when local equities look expensive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2025
Australian equities are richly priced, yet local portfolios remain heavily skewed towards the domestic market; investors have avenues to seek out diversification and better value, according to Morningstar market strategist Lochlan Halloway. Australian ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Australian Ethical, Nationwide Super, Active Super and Aware Super have the best performing ESG investment options over three years, according to the latest data from Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Aman Ramrakha ...

Partners Group promotes local staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Partners Group co-head of private debt for Asia has been promoted to senior investment leader of the firm's private market royalties business. Sydney-based Krish Vaswani has been with the global private market asset management firm since 2016 and ...

GIC's investment chief to step down

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
GIC investment chief Jeffrey Jaensubhakij plans to step down after almost three decades at the sovereign wealth fund, according to local reports. It is widely expected that deputy group chief investment officer Bryan Yeo will be promoted to the top ...

Legalsuper hunts for CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Legalsuper is looking for a new investment chief, following the resignation of Paul Murray who departed the industry fund just nine months into the job. Chief executive Luke Symons confirmed that Murray resigned from the fund on 20 December 2024 for ...

Dexus opts to shutter Asian REIT fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Dexus is terminating its Asian REIT Fund after it diminished in size. Dexus Asset Management (DXAM) made the decision last month to terminate the Dexus Asian REIT Fund by late March. It said the fund has reduced in size in recent years and is not expected ...

Unemployment edges up despite jobs added

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
Australia's labour market has remained strong in the December 2024 read, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by 0.1 percentage point to 4% in December. "With employment rising by 56,000 ...

FAAA accuses government of crucial CSLR failure

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2025
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) believes the government may have failed in its obligations when introducing the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) by skipping a key step. Following a review of documents the FAAA obtained ...

Bennelong secures first trustee mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
Bennelong has welcomed its first client, Paragon IM, following the expansion of its trustee services offering in October last year. Bennelong Funds Management is now the responsible entity (RE) for the Paragon Australia Long Short Fund. The fund invests ...

How to simplify super to get better retirement outcomes: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
... The products would specify a level of drawdown or regular payment, and a projected income. The report said from age 75, the opt-in basis would no longer apply, and income would be automatically provided from pension products - mirroring the requirement ...