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Institutional investors shift gears amid 'new market regime'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Nuveen's latest global institutional investor survey shows that investors are adjusting risk management and asset allocation strategies due to geopolitical tensions, higher rates, market volatility, and upcoming elections, with three themes dominating ...

ASIC warns it can't take action on every case of misconduct

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... existing products and services - as long as they are developed and distributed with appropriate regard for consumers, investors, and market integrity."

Listed companies drive economy's momentum: ABDO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
... REITs did well, he said. The mining sector, however, is the laggard. While it may have fallen out of favour with some investors, Bruce sees a "good absolute value opportunity" in the resources sector. "Our view is that the outlook for China and iron ...

Financial services class actions surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... default. A couple of days earlier a class action was filed against IC Markets for consumer harm caused by offering retail investors the ability to trade CFDs. In October 2023, a class action was filed against BT Funds Management as trustee of BT Super ...

Third person pleads guilty in Courtenay House Ponzi scheme

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... April 2017, Sipina carried on an unlicensed financial services business, for which he was responsible for referring new investors and marketing the business. Sipina also confessed to dealing with money which was, and which he believed to be, the proceeds ...

Investors being influenced by the 'Powell pivot'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2024
... Performance report said the 'Powell pivot' at the end of 2023 made the strategic shift a more attractive option for investors looking to capitalise on higher yields while reducing credit risk. "Half of all fixed income searches by bfinance clients in ...

Lombard Odier brings plastic circularity fund down under

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... Plastic Circularity Fund (Australia), a private equity offering, is being made available to wholesale and institutional investors via AFM Investment Partners. Equity Trustees will serve as responsible entity of the fund. The fund's objective is to reduce ...

Castlerock embarks on $30m capital raise

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... acquisitions or development of premium government-leased properties across Australia, with the aim of providing our investors healthy distributions and growth potential." The fund has an average weighted average lease expiry (WALE) of 5.9 years, 99% ...

Policymakers face significant challenge in regulating AI

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2024
... will have important implications for the evolution of AI, the structure of the industry and the cash flow earned by investors. Implementing a rigid and complex regulatory framework is likely to impose excessive costs but do little to protect society," ...

Perpetual, Pendal combine multi-asset capabilities

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2024
... the foreseeable future. If the fund were to continue, the fund's size would result in higher management costs for investors, which would reduce their investment returns."