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Super funds defend controversial weapons holdings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 FEB 2024
... holding in Elbit is less than 0.001% of total AUM - which is held in a passive equity strategy that replicates the MSCI World Index. Similarly, AustralianSuper has less than $150,000 sitting Elbit in a passive index investment. "To enhance member returns ...

Hyperion leads as top Australian shares fund manager: Mercer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... risk-on sentiment was boosted by the rapid repricing of US interest rate cuts, combined with softer inflation data around the world," Reilly said. Separately, Mercer announced that it's promoted Margaret Dennis, a recent recruit from BT, to serve as ...

Ex-Merricks commodities guru launches hedge fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JAN 2024
... in agriculture," Davis said. "People are experiencing the effects of climate change and geopolitical conflicts around the world. These are tangible things, and investors want to know how to participate or understand these events. "There is an opportunity ...

Vale Lang Walker

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 29 JAN 2024
... loved creating incredible places where people can live and work, but he loved his family more than anything else in the world and his generosity and affection had no boundaries," the family said. "His zest for life and his relentless pursuit of perfection ...

Volatility an opportunity for skilled active managers: GSFM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
The looming threat of sporadic, extreme market volatility presents an opportunity for active managers to capitalise on fluctuating asset values, GSFM advisor Stephen Miller says. At an event yesterday, Miller described the current financial landscape ...

ISPT fills newly created head of mandates role, announces departures

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... management across markets including Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Columbia, and the US. Cain has also had a stint at CIBC World Markets in its Real Estate Investment Banking Group. ISPT highlighted Cain's strong transactional skills, as evidenced by ...

VanEck to unveil private credit ETF

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2024
... in private credit strategies, which outstripped all other major asset classes in 2023 from an income perspective. "This world of potentially higher rates for longer also bodes well for this asset class. As private credit is typically operating on a floating ...

Market performance fails to sway retirement confidence: State Street

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2024
... this fell to 56% in 2023. Consequently, Australians have moved from having notably higher expectations than the rest of the world to having similar, or even lower, expectations of sustainability.

Family offices love software: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JAN 2024
... Family Office Deals Study, which analyses the direct, real estate and start-up investments of 7500 family offices around the world, found computer software and services investments were the most popular among family office investors last year. Family ...

Ontario Teachers' names chief investment officers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 15 JAN 2024
The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan's investments will now be led by two chief investment officers, one to oversee asset allocation and the other to execute on public and private investments. At the end of 2023, Ontario Teachers' chief investment officer ...