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Macquarie AM launches emerging markets equity ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Macquarie Focused Emerging Markets Equity ETF is the latest addition to the Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM) active ETF platform, listing on the Nasdaq yesterday. The new fund (Nasdaq: EMEQ) is managed by the firm's emerging markets equity team - ...

Traditional economic indicators have 'tanked': Economist

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
Speaking at Activam Group's act Conference today, AMP deputy chief economist Diana Mousina said economists can no longer rely on traditional economic indicators to make accurate predictions. Mousina noted that many economists have been predicting a ...

Macquarie AM, PSP Investments sell AirTrunk stake to Blackstone, CPP Investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2024
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) have sold the entirety of their respective interests in AirTrunk to private equity giant Blackstone and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP ...

Future Fund annual return 'very strong'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2024
The Future Fund delivered a 9.1% annual return in FY24, adding $18.8 billion to the portfolio, bringing the sovereign wealth fund's total value to $224.9 billion. This performance lifts its 10-year average annual return to 8.3%, exceeding a mandate ...

VFMC appoints deputy chair

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 3 SEP 2024
Victorian Funds Management Corporation (VFMC) has announced an addition to the board and a new deputy chair. Tom Considine will be deputy chair of the quasi-sovereign wealth fund. A partner at Sayers Group, Considine joined the VFMC board in 2021 with ...

Pengana losses up 789% in FY24, revenues rise

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
Pengana Capital Group (PCG) has reported a significant increase in losses for FY24 compared to FY23 - up 789%. The company reported underlying profit before tax of $2.4 million and a loss from ordinary activities after tax of $4.3 million for the year. ...

Aware Super completes first UK deal

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
Aware Super has completed its first infrastructure engagement in the UK, investing in London-based euNetworks. euNetworks builds and invests in city and long-haul fibre networks to connect European data hubs and centres. It operates across 18 cities ...

NGS Super names new chair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2024
Following a revision of its constitution, NGS Super will welcome its first independent chair in 2025. The industry fund, which caters to education professionals, has revised its constitution to allow for the inclusion of independent directors on its ...

Australia a 'regional private wealth hotspot': Preqin

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2024
Australia is a top regional private wealth hotspot, with the greatest proportion of investors, many of whom are looking to alternatives, according to a Preqin report. The data provider's report highlighted that among all private wealth investors in ...

Regulators given new powers to protect financial markets in crises

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 AUG 2024
The government has passed legislation that will put in place new powers for regulators to protect financial market infrastructure in the event of a crisis. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the new laws will provide regulators with more powers to manage financial ...