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Aware retires VicSuper brand, expands investment menu

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
As VicSuper members migrate to Aware Super on May 11, a wider range of investment options will be made available to them. Aware Super will finally retire the VicSuper brand next month, just shy of its 30 th birthday. The brand was retained in the merger ...

Infrastructure an asset class for all seasons: IFM

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... investors have grown from around $453 billion to $101 trillion in the six years to 2021. In the current challenging market environment, IFM said it expects this growth trend to continue for reasons such as the resilience of infrastructure to macro swings ...

Biggest super funds face human rights complaints

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... sentiments, Human rights advocate and Malawu clan member Antonia Burke said Santos' projects are "...unsafe for the environment, Indigenous Traditional Owners, residents, and landowners." Gomeroi/Gamilaraay Traditional Owner Karra Kinchela also emphasised ...

Investors flock to term deposits over equities

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... stability and certainty of returns, and we're seeing increasing interest off the back of the rising interest rate environment." Term deposits versus super Despite the Australian superannuation market being at its strongest point ever with a record ...

Future Fund revisits actively managed equity investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... He explained that economies are diverging, and companies can now better differentiate themselves in a challenging environment. Consequently, Alpha-seeking strategies have become more appealing in the fund's $65 billion listed equities program. "Markets ...

Citi names local chief executive

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... and New Zealand, including serving as a trusted partner to Citi's clients, maintaining a strong risk and control environment and fostering a high-performing, inclusive and supportive culture for the franchise. He will report to Citi head of Northeast ...

Perpetual progresses Pendal integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
... corporate trust arm now has total funds under administration of $1.16 trillion. "Looking ahead, we expect the macro environment and general market conditions to remain challenging. This will impact each of our asset management boutiques differently ...

Morningstar downgrades PIMCO, Vanguard funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 APR 2023
Morningstar has downgraded four fixed income products following its annual fund manager review. As part of the 2022/23 review, Morningstar completed qualitative assessments of 72 fixed income strategies. As a result, four products were downgraded and ...

Insignia reports advice outflows, adviser losses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2023
Insignia Financial will undertake a rebrand of sorts within its financial advice business in a bid to improve understanding of its various advice channels. It comes as it reports nearly $500 million in outflows for the Advised channel and further adviser ...

APAC investors cut PE allocations by 50%

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2023
... Intelligence the drop from last year's US$14.7 billion to US$8.09 billion in Q1 2023 comes amid a deteriorating macroeconomic environment backdrop that also contributed to the number of deals in the region dropping to 43 from 62 year over year. S&P Global ...