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PineBridge brings flagship lifecycle fund down under

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 30 SEP 2024
PineBridge Investments has launched the PineBridge (AU) Global Focus Equity Fund to local wholesale investors. PineBridge's head of Australia Clinton Grobler said the new fund marks a "step change" in its Australian business. "I believe Global Focus ...

Regulators to clamp down harder on greenwashing

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
Regulators are zeroing in on anti-greenwashing measures in the asset management sector, as well as tighter regulations on artificial intelligence (AI) and digital technology, according to a KPMG report. The report said that stopping companies from making ...

Schroders launches high yield credit strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2024
... growth and employment are holding up, forcing central banks to maintain rates at elevated levels." "The fund incorporates top-down and bottom-up views to identify the most compelling assets to own at any given point in the cycle and aims to provide attractive ...

Acadian, Yarra among most commonly used external managers by super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... need to be called in. "While insourcing investment functions can reduce costs, a fund should have the fortitude to close down internal functions that struggle against external managers-especially when the fund's ability to negotiate ultralow fees improves ...

Inflation debate: Albo says rebates will keep inflation down

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... in the annual CPI read. "With respect, every single one of the inflation figures, whether it be the excluding volatile, is down from 3.7% to 3%," Albanese said. "Trim means down from 3.8% to 3.4%, and the headline figures down from 3.5% to 2.7%. Every ...

Inflation cools but RBA unlikely to budge

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.7% in the 12 months to August 2024 - down from 3.5% in July, according to the latest data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). Falls in fuel (-7.6%) and electricity (-17.9%) were significant ...

Australians living through protracted period of economic misery: CEDA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... there's one thing the misery index makes clear, it's that policymakers need to be working towards the same goal - to bring down inflation while minimising the hardship caused by a softening economy."

APRA calls out high-cost super platforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... heatmaps. APRA noted there was a significant drop in the number of products that failed the performance test in 2024 (37 down from 97) with 52 products that failed the 2023 test exiting the market. However, when looking at investment performance more ...

Magellan makes internal PM moves

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... Equities Fund alongside existing portfolio managers Arvid Streimann and Nikki Thomas. As part of the changes Pullen will step down as the portfolio manager for the High Conviction Trust with Thomas continuing as the sole portfolio manager. Pullen joined ...

Global X hires new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... Barclays Capital and was head of adviser sales for equity derivatives at Macquarie Bank. Zaika replaces Evan Metcalf, who steps down in October after a decade-long tenure at the fund manager. Metcalf became chief executive of Global X in 2022 right after ...