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New Zealand exits recession

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
New Zealand reported 0.2% GDP growth in the March quarter following two consecutive quarters of decline, putting to bed its technical recession for the meantime. The economy was buoyed by electricity, gas, water, and waste services; rental, hiring ...

UBS institutional client coverage lead departs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
UBS Asset Management's local head of institutional client coverage has exited after almost two decades with the firm. Drew Fowler, who has run institutional coverage for four years, confirmed his departure. Fowler started with the Swiss giant's Australian ...

Morningstar reveals top three undervalued stocks

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2024
Morningstar analysts have revealed what they believe to be undervalued stocks with sustainable above average dividend payouts to buy and hold for the long-term, with an Australian name making the list. The analysis found Dexus, Telus Corp and Sociedad ...

QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
QIC Infrastructure's specialist energy and utilities practice has appointed three new senior executives to originate new investment opportunities. Paul Maguire, Richard Van Breda and Mark Irwin have taken up senior positions within a business that ...

Greece taps BlackRock FMA to build sovereign wealth fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Greece will soon launch its inaugural sovereign wealth fund called National Investment Fund with the help of BlackRock's Financial Markets Advisory. Kostis Hatzidakis, Greece's minister of national economy and finance, affirmed the country's ...

Betashares promotes key sales execs

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
Betashares has strengthened its distribution team with two key promotions as it moves to accelerate growth in superannuation, retirement, and retail wealth management. The promotions come just two days after Singapore's state-owned fund Temasek ...

Inflation weighing on next generation of retirees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Generation X - the next in line to retire - is worried about running out of money, or not having enough to retire at all, according to new research by Natixis Investment Managers. The research, conducted in collaboration with CoreData Research, found ...

Hamilton Lane closes largest raise at $8.4bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2024
Hamilton Lane announced the final closing of Hamilton Lane Secondary Fund VI with US$5.6 billion (AU$8.4 billion) in commitments, marking the largest fundraise in the firm's history. Fund VI materially exceeded its original US$5 billion target, seeing ...

Ageing Australians rapidly shifting retirement planning

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUN 2024
New research from Allianz Retire+ has shown that Australia's ageing population is rapidly shifting its retirement planning focus to income rather than accumulation. The white paper suggested this change has seen financial advisers refining their advice ...

Australia's competitiveness climbs world rankings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2024
Stronger business and government investment, population growth and budget positions have seen Australia record its best international competitiveness ranking since 2011. The nation rose from 19th to 13th in the IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook 2024 ...