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Cromwell gets $457m for European funds platform

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
Cromwell Property Group is selling its European fund management platform, including its Italy Urban Logistics Fund and European REIT, to Stoneweg. Cromwell said the transaction, which is valued at $457 million, is a part of its broader strategy to simplify ...

Fidelity confirms active ETFs to launch in coming weeks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
After receiving approval from unitholders to create a new class of units for several of its funds, Fidelity International will launch four active ETFs by June 3. Earlier this month, Financial Standard reported Fidelity's plans to expand its range of ...

RBA hints another rate rise could be on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) board has confirmed it discussed both leaving interest rates unchanged and a hike at its May meeting. The board minutes were in line with messaging from RBA governor Michele Bullock, who spoke at a press conference ...

Industry fund merger postponed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
Mine Super and TWUSUPER have reported "significant progress" towards their merger, but it has been pushed back. In a joint statement, the super funds announced that their merger to form TEAM Super has been rescheduled from early 2024 to early 2025. ...

Fidelity shutters, delists funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
Fidelity International is terminating an international fixed interest strategy that failed to scale, as well as delisting a managed fund. The Fidelity Global Short Duration Income Fund focuses on investment-grade and high-yield corporate bonds that ...

ISPT to divest $250m in super prime assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
ISPT will bring three super prime assets to market in Sydney and Brisbane, in a move it says demonstrates its optimism in the Australian logistics sector. JLL and CBRE have been appointed to market the assets with an expected price of more than $250 ...

Private markets demand cools: bfinance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAY 2024
Investors' appetite for private market strategies appears to be waning as capital raisings fail to keep pace with the frenzied demand in 2023. According to a new report from bfinance, Manager intelligence and market trends, global private markets ...

Seven fund managers scoop up First Sentier mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
Colonial First State (CFS) flags it will appoint seven new managers to take over several mandates that will be vacated by First Sentier Investments (FSI) following the shock closure of four local investment teams. CFS has said it has been "actively ...

Value versus growth: Market expectations in 2024

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
In 2022, concerns about rising interest rates and the Russia-Ukraine war brought fundamentals back into focus, creating numerous opportunities for value investing to generate alpha. Then transitioning to the first half of 2023, that period saw significant ...

Aware Super appoints general manager, strategy and transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
The $175 billion superannuation fund has recruited from Deloitte for the newly created role. Winnie Huen is joining Aware Super on July 1 as its first general manager, strategy and transformation. Huen is currently a partner in Deloitte's Data, Analytics ...