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Family offices still love hedge funds: Preqin

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... years, maintaining a greater allocation than endowment plans, foundations, investment trusts, corporate investors, wealth managers, private sector pension funds, government agencies, and public pension funds alike. Specifically, the report said family ...

Advice PDMs, BDMs at inflection point: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
Professional and business development managers are growing increasingly dissatisfied in their current roles as many flagged their exit over the next three years, a new survey finds. A comprehensive analysis of professional development managers (PDM) ...

ASIC takes further action on Prospero

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... revelations that it was linked to one of Australia's biggest-ever money-laundering operations. Former officers and responsible managers of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives issuer Prospero are embroiled in Australian Federal Police's investigation into ...

Blackwattle Partners launches global fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2024
... and we knew we could build a team around him. "Given the current market opportunities and the performance of incumbent managers, the move into global equities with an outstanding team led by Sunny is the next strategic step for our clients." While the ...

Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
Large-cap active equity fund managers turned in their second-worst year of underperformance as 77% failed to beat their benchmark, the latest SPIVA study shows. Aussie large-cap managers suffered their worst-performing period in 2023 - not since 2018 ...

Pay gaps at super funds, fund managers revealed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... gap in pay when it comes to like-for-like roles, which is not what the WGEA is measuring. Looking at a sample of fund managers, Platinum Investment Management has a median base salary gender pay gap of 41.9% and median total remuneration gap of 41%. ...

Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... sometimes live a lifetime of leisure," he said. "We also hope these favoured businesses are run by able and trustworthy managers..." However, Buffet admitted that only a limited number of companies in the US have the capacity to "move the needle" for ...

Risk, compliance staff in hot demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... compliance talent. Ongoing consolidation among super funds and sustained growth in funds management, particularly alternative managers, are also driving demand, she said. However, despite some superannuation funds restructuring operations in late 2023 ...

Global X ETFs appoints new chief executive from Goldman Sachs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... said. "Ryan has a notable track record of driving growth across the ETF value chain for the world's largest asset managers. He is eager to bring his ETF industry experience and strategic, growth-oriented mindset to Global X, and we are excited to ...

Magellan needs more consistent progress: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... overhaul of the board as Magellan shifts from a founder-led model to more conventional structures typical of listed fund managers. As of November 2023, the composition of the six-member board boasted five non-executive directors, among whom three possess ...