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HESTA returns 9.1% to members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2024
HESTA's default MySuper balanced growth option has returned 9.1% over the last financial year. The option has averaged an annual return of 7.62% over the past 10 years. HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey said that despite ongoing uncertainty in financial ...

Corporate borrowing hits all-time high despite interest rates

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUL 2024
The world's largest listed companies took on US$378 billion of net new debt last financial year, driving corporate debt to an unprecedented US$8.18 trillion, according to Janus Henderson's latest corporate debt index. While significant, the increase ...

ASIC takes action against Guildfords FM, director

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
ASIC has cancelled the licence of Guildfords Funds Management and banned its managing director Robert Payne for their involvement in the collapse of Magnolia Capital Group. ASIC found "significant and systemic failures of oversight and compliance" upon ...

ETF price war heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUN 2024
Leading exchange-traded product (ETP) investment managers - Vanguard, Betashares, BlackRock, and VanEck - which command about 70% of the Australian market, reduced their asset-weighted fees by 8% in the 12 months to March, according to Rainmaker Information. ...

Partners Group launches private infra fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2024
Partners Group will launch a new private markets fund for local high-net-worth investors. The new private infrastructure fund is an Australian unit trust based on the Partners Group Next Generation Infrastructure strategy, which recently launched in ...

Nominations open for FS Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
Nominations for the 2024 Financial Standard Power50 are now open as we recognise the country's most influential advisers who continue to raise the standards for the profession and provide outstanding service to clients and the wider community. This ...

Long-term optimism for APAC despite short-term hurdles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
The short-term outlook for APAC may appear cautious but long-term investors will remain attracted to the fundamental growth potential of the region's emerging markets, according to an Alternatives in APAC 2024 report from Preqin. Preqin analysts maintained ...

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 ...