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IAM mandate grows to $130m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 MAR 2025
... "The total transition has been close to $1.8 billion of client assets and is expected to improve IAM's financial performance by $600,000 per annum in FY2026," IAM said. Separately, BGC Partners Australia, trading as Fixed Income Solutions, has taken ...

Andrew Lill to run investments at legalsuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... support our broader organisational mission of providing our fast-growing membership with the services and investment performance to enhance their lives in retirement," legalsuper chief executive Luke Symons said. "As the superannuation sector becomes ...

Aussie ETF market tipped to hit $300bn in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... "explosive growth" of 47% in the APAC region, of which 45% was derived from inflows. This follows the positive market performance in February, surpassing $250 billion in FUM. While Australia enjoyed a steady 26% growth in 2024, which is ahead of South ...

abrdn embraces letter 'E' again

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
... "corporate bullying." The rebrand was also ill-timed, coming as the asset manager battled several other issues related to performance and was pushed to consolidate much of its operations, including in Australia. At its height in 2015, the group's ...

BNP Paribas wins new custody mandate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... administration services. As part of the mandate, BNP Paribas will handle Medibank's custody, fund administration, performance reporting, cash management, and FX solutions. The bank, which oversees US$13.7 trillion in assets under custody, said the mandate ...

Metrics acquires BC Investment Group

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... held by the Credit Trust is $140.3 million, however a deferred consideration may be payable based on the financial performance of BCI against defined targets in the 12-month period after completion. Then maximum additional payment is $6.9 million. The ...

State Street expands global custody footprint

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
... institutional investors, we look forward to meeting their needs not only in global custody but also data management, risk and performance analytics, currency management and securities finance," Kobayashi said. "We expect to provide a seamless transition ...

Perpetual profits dented after KKR deal goes up in smoke

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... market movements, investment outperformance and currency movements which underpinned higher revenue, along with higher performance fees and improved contributions from Barrow Hanley, Trillium, and Pendal..." Reilly said. "The wealth management business ...

The productivity problem: Good ideas never put to use

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... creeping inefficiency and failure to push the boundaries of innovation has contributed to Australia's poor productivity performance over the past two decades. Multifactor productivity in the market sector rose by 0.1% between 2022-23 and 2023-24. This ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... just 36% of fund managers pulled it off. Frontier Advisors senior consultant Brad Purkis noted this year's benchmark performance was driven by a small group of stocks - chiefly the 'Magnificent Seven' - making life tough for active managers in global ...