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Plenary names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
... with First Nations Australians, and many other areas." Plenary has US$59 billion of assets under management (AUM). On February 24, sovereign investor ADQ finalised its investment in Plenary, securing a 49% stake in the company. "The transaction marks ...

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... leave before transitioning into a full-time, long-term consulting role focused on product and business development. By February this year, AustralianSuper trimmed its stake in WiseTech to $580 million, or 1.9% of the company, when a fresh controversy ...

Inflation slows, but for how long?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.4% in the 12 months to February 2025, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "Annual CPI inflation was slightly lower in February, after holding steady at ...

Labor accelerates defence spending

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... submarine construction yard in Port Adelaide. Between 4000 to 5500 jobs in the state will build and maintain them. In late February, US President Donald Trump went blank when a reporter asked him about the AUKUS alliance during a press conference, unwittingly ...

Mine Super and TWUSUPER merger official

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... Vasyl Nair. Seamus Collins acts as chief investment officer, while Matthew Licheri is the chief operating officer. In February, Sarah Forman joined as chief retirement officer from Aware Super. Mario Garrido took on the role of chief growth officer and ...

BlackRock rebalance sparks record-high ETF trades on ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... sentiments immediately triggered by his election last November. As at mid-March, however, the S&P500 is 9% lower from its February all-time high. "Some of the US macro data has not been as strong over the last couple of weeks as well, which is making ...

RBA forecasting has been 'terrible': Yarra Capital Management

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... could stall, and inflation would settle above the midpoint of the target range," RBA governor Michele Bullock said in February. "In removing a little of the policy restrictiveness in its decision... the board acknowledges that progress has been made ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... concerned substantial investments; it was likely to have led to investors losing confidence in ESG programs..." Between 1 February 2021 and 30 June 2023, the super fund claimed it steered clear of investments in gambling, coal mining, oil tar sands ...

Falcon Capital, First Guardian Master Fund set for liquidation

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... Guardian Master Fund. Some investors were advised to set up an SMSF to facilitate investments into the master fund. In late February, the Federal Court made orders to freeze the assets of Falcon, First Guardian, and Anderson. In the same month, the court ...

Future Group, family offices back US$100m AI-focused fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... fund marks King River Capital's fifth fund since its inception in 2019, following its King River Digital Assets Fund in February 2022 and the Inevitable Gaming Fund in April 2024, which has already recorded 180% growth since its launch, outpacing Bitcoin's ...