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CSC-backed fund manager to launch in Netherlands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... reducing activity, headcount and commitment to sustainable investment we are seeing increased demand for our specialist research and investment expertise. And despite political rhetoric acting as headwinds, we believe that doubling down on our commitment ...

Super moves: Qantas Super, VFMC, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... Mercer where she focused on investment strategy and retirement solutions as a senior principal and director of strategic research. Previously the retirement specialist worked at Access Capital and the Australian Office of Financial Management. Finally ...

RQI hires research duo

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
RQI Investors, an active quant equities manager within First Sentier Investors, has strengthened its research team with two hires. Based in Sydney, Tom Marty and Alex Kiechle-Cornish will report to Ron Guido, senior quantitative portfolio manager and ...

HESTA hunts for portfolio construction and risk specialist

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... Commerce. He spent seven years at Frontier Advisors as head of alternatives and derivatives. There, he led a team covering research and specialist advice to clients on derivative strategies, alternative investments, risk management and portfolio construction. ...

The productivity problem: Good ideas never put to use

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... mid-2000s Australia has found fewer new and better ways of using inputs and has also not made the best use of new ideas. "The research shows that creeping inefficiency over the past two decades or so has sapped our productivity performance," Robson said. ...

Technology optimises family office performance: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2025
... Australia in recent years, their reliance on technology to optimise operations and performance has also become evident, new research from KPMG found. The 2025 Australian Family Office report, written in conjunction with family office network The Table ...

AI's big moment? Not this year, says Fidelity

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... of the technology. For example, software vendors bundling unloved AI features into existing products or an increase in research and development spending. Notwithstanding this, many analysts expect AI will have a positive impact on companies' profitability ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... solutions provider Scientific Beta touts two possible approaches to better manage concentration risk. According to new research, spearheaded by Australian head of investment solutions Warwick Schneller and deputy chief executive Daniel Aguet, there are ...

Cost-of-living continues to rock retirement confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2025
Research by Colonial First State (CFS) finds Australians have adjusted their retirement expectations in the last 12 months to a more modest outlook, with cost-of-living pressures being the main cause. Based on a national survey of 2250 Australians ...

Perennial beefs up sales team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2025
... manager. He earlier put in five years with Macquarie Group in a similar role. Finally, Tom Richardson joins Perennial from research house Lonsec Group as an investment specialist for Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia. At Lonsec, he worked as a business ...