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What Yarra Capital is buying in the dip

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2024
... has risen, it's not as likely as some may think. "The key point is that while we had been expecting a drawdown in equity markets in Q3 and a decent rally in bonds, this was expedited by the US labour market triggering the Sahm rule and a poor ISM report," ...

Positives remain at Perpetual, says Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... factors, including several institutional clients redeeming funds, delays in new institutional flows, and softer equity markets. As a result, Perpetual's funds under management finished FY24 down 9%, which was even lower than Morningstar had anticipated. ...

MLC investment chief shares portfolio plans

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUL 2024
... that while there have been times when diversifying felt like sacrificing returns, it's now being rewarded. For equity markets, a big driver of portfolio returns, Farmer said that MLC has landed on a position that doesn't sound particularly inspiring ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... and products in the coming year," ASIC chair Joe Longo said. While the financial regulator said Australia's equity markets continue to operate with a high level on integrity, it flagged two recent instances in the past five years where there were ...

Perpetual net outflows top nearly $9bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... redemptions and short-term delays in expected new institutional inflows in specific strategies, as well as softer equity markets in Australian and global indices," Perpetual chief executive and managing director Rob Adams said. "J O Hambro, TSW and Trillium ...

Mercer Super chalks up 11.2% return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUL 2024
... the results were an excellent outcome against a backdrop of market volatility and uncertain economic conditions. "Equity markets enjoyed a very good year as inflationary pressures slowed. The US equity market was a particularly strong performer - up ...

Equip Super returns 9.23% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUL 2024
... returning an average of 8.19% p.a. over the past 15 years." The super fund said that since November 2023, buoyant equity markets, driven by expectations of rate cuts, enhanced returns. Equip Super's Retirement Income Account members also saw healthy ...

Political risk pushes institutional investors to cash: Report

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2024
... risk off bias across the month. State Street Global Markets head of macro strategy Michael Metcalfe said while equity markets may have reached new highs, long term investors were getting more cautious. "After the recent moderate improvement in risk appetites ...

Aware Super delivers 11.02% to default members

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUL 2024
... assets while they're younger and can accommodate more risk, so they can benefit greatly in years like this - when equity markets have proven robust and, indeed, returns have also been strong across other asset classes," Graham said. "Older members with ...

Long-term optimism for APAC despite short-term hurdles

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2024
... of $34.8 billion. It said this positioned Japan to be nearly on par with China as one of the most active private equity markets in APAC. Meanwhile, for India, private capital "grew remarkably," doubling over the past five years. Notably, private debt ...