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Centuria raises $50m for new fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
Centuria Capital Group has launched a new fund to wholesale investors that targets counter-cyclical opportunities across the property sectors and debt. The Centuria Select Opportunities Fund (CSOF) is a closed-ended unlisted fund targeting a 15% internal ...

Global dividends reached record high in 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
The latest Global Dividend Index by Janus Henderson Investors revealed global dividends experienced an uptick of 5% on an underlying basis, reaching a record of US$1.66 trillion in 2023. The report revealed the year closed on a particularly positive ...

HESTA names head of investment execution

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAR 2024
HESTA has appointed a former Citi director as its head of investment execution. Sophie Jelleff joins the $82 billion superannuation fund on April 8, working alongside the executive and investment management teams to shape and lead investment execution ...

Hostplus rejects anti-competitive behaviour claims

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
Hostplus rejects claims it is promoting anti-competitive behaviour in attempting to ban human resources technology platforms from offering employees choice of superannuation funds at the onboarding process. Employment Hero chief executive Ben Thompson ...

The tide is turning for North Asian equity markets: Maple-Brown Abbott

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
Maple-Brown Abbott head of Asia Will Main and Asian equity income portfolio manager Howard Ho are expecting a positive future for Asia's largest equity markets for years to come. Main and Ho said recent attempts to improve corporate governance in Japan ...

MetLife chair Geoff Brunsdon retires after 13 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
MetLife Australia has a new chair, while the former chief executive of an industry super fund is also joining the board. MetLife Australia announced the retirement of MetLife Insurance Limited chair Geoff Brunsdon, after serving on the board for 13 ...

WAM Leaders, QV Equities to merge

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
WAM Leaders (ASX: WLE) is set to acquire QV Equities (ASX: QVE), about six weeks on from the former's initial announcement. In January, WAM Leaders said it intended to make an off-market takeover bid for QV Equities; associated entities already own ...

Coalition's super for housing scheme slammed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAR 2024
The Super Members Council (SMC) has slammed a proposal by Shadow Minister for Housing Michael Sukkar to allow Australians to access their superannuation to buy their first home. The Shadow Minister said the Coalition was determined to help younger Australians ...

Hamilton Lane debunks private market myths

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Hamilton Lane's 2024 Market Overview report has offered a counter narrative to perceptions about the private market asset class. "Valuations are inaccurate: we can't tell if this is a real one today or just a bad hangover from 2022's party-crashing ...

Experts issue warning over AI washing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAR 2024
Artificial intelligence (AI) is perhaps the most transformative technology since the advent of the internet, poised to herald an unprecedented digital economic revolution. To appear at the precipice of the movement, some are employing deceptive tactics ...