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Aussies feeling FOMO on private markets: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... they are investing, as well as a track record of delivering value through many market cycles is essential," Natixis country head Australia and New Zealand Louise Watson said. "Education becomes essential as some knowledge gaps remain. Liquidity, the ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... Sydney-based portfolio manager Matt Jones and UK-based portfolio managers Hiten Savani and Daniel Swift. Fidelity International head of wholesale Lauren Jackson said the SMA will help solve a problem that financial advisers face when allocating to core ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... 2024. "Our role is to help investors identify which products should be part of their decision-making process," Rainmaker head of investment research John Dyall said. "The Investment Leaderships Awards are a way to recognise those products and managers ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... often, indirectly through superannuation funds - touches the wealth of many Australians. Speaking to Financial Standard, SSGA head of Asia Pacific Kevin Anderson mapped out the firm's game plan for Australia - its ETF positioning in a fiercely contested ...

Iress' superannuation consulting business changes hands

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
Iress' superannuation consulting and managed service business - part of the broader superannuation division - was acquired by Apex Group last week and has now been sold to data and technology firm Novigi. As part of the transaction, Novigi scooped ...

Perpetual mulls tie up with Partners Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... investment trusts, co-investments, and/or fund structuring. This also includes sharing research and investment insights. Perpetual head of equities Vince Pezzullo said the agreement provides foundations for public-private strategies that will allow Perpetual ...

Link Wealth acquires boutique advice firm

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
Link Wealth's national expansion is continuing to progress, acquiring financial advice firm Xponential Advisory a few months after taking a majority stake in Sky Advisers. The acquisition will see the integration of more than 185 client families across ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
As interest rates continue to fall, small caps are poised to reap from the current macroeconomic backdrop and investors increasing their appetite for more risk, a fund manager says. Janus Henderson portfolio manager Nick Sheridan predicts the tide is ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
The European Central Bank (ECB) lowered its benchmark interest rates by 25 basis points overnight as inflation comes within its target levels. The three key interest rates on the deposit facility, main refinancing operations and the marginal lending ...

MAX Awards honour best of the best

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... tomorrow's problem initiative. In addition to Enright's win, the other individual honourees were Franklin Templeton head of consultants and retail sales Louise Thompson who won Executive of the Year - Distribution, Global X's Natalie Jollow ...