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Regal, Magellan book performance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
Active fund managers Regal Partners and Magellan Financial Group earned $25 million and $6 million in performance fees respectively in the last six months of 2024. Several strategies were behind Regal's outperformance, namely the ASX-listed Regal ...

Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... default option made a 11.19% return for 2024, the second consecutive year of positive returns. Rest said the strong performance is largely the result of its investments in local and international equities. Notably, the fund averaged 8.34% in annual returns ...

Analyst Moves: Franklin Templeton, JANA, Bain, MLC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... developing tailored investment strategies. He also ensures that JANA clients outperform the Your Future, Your Super Performance Test metric while staying abreast of the latest regulations from APRA. On the research front, Sandhu looks after publicly ...

Sue Brake joins NZ Super, Lisa Gray departs VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
... 2021. Running fire drills From the start, Gray realised that building greater resilience in the fund's investment performance and capability was critical to surviving an unpredictable future. And while funds typically have crisis management strategies ...

Super balances drive household wealth growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2024
Household wealth rose for the eighth consecutive quarter, up 2.4% or $401 billion in the September quarter 2024, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Total household wealth was $16.9 trillion in the September quarter, which was 9.9% ...

Cbus to play key role in new Bluey movie

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... approach to investing for the best financial interests of our members, this investment is contributing positively to our performance." Bluey is currently screened in over 140 countries. This year it was the most-watched series globally on Disney+ and ...

TCorp returns 7%, AUM hits $110bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... return $130 million of this to the New South Wales government. TCorp chief executive David Deverall said the "strong performance was not a one off". "It was driven by our sharp focus on building resilience into our portfolios to withstand a range of ...

Growth performance of Australia's top investment managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
Vanguard is the largest exchange-traded product (ETP) manager in Australia, having also so far this year achieved the highest growth from a funds under management (FUM) perspective ($15.4 billion) - however, there's more to the picture. According to ...

AI can improve super fund value chain: CFA Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2024
... processes. Within investment management, for example, AI has the potential to execute investment strategies, monitor performance, and update portfolios to best align with investment goals. It can also identity ways to minimise cost and improve performance. ...

AMP defies super fund herd with Bitcoin bet

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2024
... manager, it was important on behalf of members to assess digital assets investment merits, and the probability of strong performance continuing in the long-term. "This aligns with our investment philosophy that successful investing for our members requires ...