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World's largest pension fund returns 22.67%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2024
... Fund (GPIF) reported a 22.67% return for the fiscal year ending 2023. This performance was driven primarily by domestic equities, which yielded 41.41% return, and foreign equities, which returned 40.06%. Together, these sectors contributed $357.55 billion ...

Ausbil reshuffles distribution team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUL 2024
... firm, leading to changes in the sales team. Hik Chadirchi will leave at the end of the month. As a result, the active equities investor's institutional sales lead Adrian Amores will run both wholesale and institutional distribution. Amores - who ...

AustralianSuper reports 'solid return', lags rivals

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... retirement. He said the main driver behind the result was strong growth in listed share markets in Australia and overseas. "Equities have done well due to strong earnings growth from technology companies in the US and strong consumer spending in Australia ...

Aware Super delivers 11.02% to default members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... have less capacity to tolerate market volatility." Graham said the fund was slightly more weighted towards international equities than some of its peers, which has aided the return. "It's important to note, however, that resilient equity markets have ...

AMP MySuper options power past double-digit returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... fund's 1980s and 1990s investment options returned 11.31%, respectively. AMP said a high allocation to global listed equities, together with positive active asset allocation and security selection from several underlying managers helped drive strong ...

Colonial First State reports strong super returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... investment officer Jonathan Armitage attributed the strong investment performance to strong returns in global and domestic equities. "The strength of global share markets has really been the core driver of investment returns over the last 12 months," ...

Rest's MySuper option returns 8.67% in FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
... stocks at the forefront of artificial intelligence (AI) development, and the decision to stay fully invested in listed equities, has been strongly rewarded. "These shares have provided a great financial benefit for our members this past financial year," ...

Morningstar names new manager research lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUL 2024
... the firm's investment philosophy and the teams conducting managed funds research, portfolio construction, direct equities research, and macroeconomic research. Before that, Olsen was chief executive of research house Lonsec for over two years. He ...

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 ...