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SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI | THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025

... Australian listed equity, international listed equity, and private equity (internal rate of return), and found the performance of each returned 8.3%, 12.1%, and 14.7%, respectively, in the five years to 30 September 2024. "Over the long-term, funds with ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN | MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025

... office in the early days of the global financial crisis which had an enormous bearing on the woeful stock market performance of his tenure." He said a better benchmark might be to compare the performance of the Australian market against global equities. ...

Aware Super on hunt for new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025

... over the last decade for our members in helping to secure their retirement, the significant growth and top-tier performance of our fund as we have expanded globally, and the high calibre and experienced investment team we have developed." "... I am excited ...

WA takes the economic crown: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN | TUESDAY, 29 APR 2025

... housing markets, encouraging consumers to spend," CommSec chief economist Ryan Felsman said. "Overall, the economic performance of Australia's states and territories is being supported by a strong job market, robust government spending and solid population ...

Australian equity fund manager in a league of its own: Mercer survey

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025

... darling" Nanosonics. Forager portfolio manager Alex Shevelev told Financial Standard that firm is pleased with the performance of its Australian Shares Fund for the year. "The drivers of absolute return continued to be from large investments in three ...

Global X to launch AI infrastructure ETF

KARREN VERGARA | THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025

... Infrastructure Index with 30 holdings in total. AINF charges a management fee of 0.57% p.a. The index aims to track the performance of companies involved in supporting the data centre infrastructure requirements arising from AI operations. This includes ...

Acadian AM launches EM equity fund

MATTHEW WAI | TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025

... outperformed their fundamental peers over one-, five-, 10- and 20-year periods (after fees and based composite performance of peer groups), the active manager said. Acadian Australia chief executive Gillian Savage said the launch comes amid the sector's ...

UGC's AFCA membership to cease

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 7 APR 2025

... product. Having found the advice to be inappropriate, under the counterfactual scenario AFCA would compare the performance of the original APRA fund to the actual performance of the SMSF investment to calculate the loss," they said.

Holding mega-cap stocks could be detrimental: Research

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025

... for investors. The research found that the recent period of extreme concentration in the US market, led by the performance of the Magnificent Seven mega-cap stocks, points to an opportunity for institutional investors to diversify in the period ahead. ...

TAL nabs AIA strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY | THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025

... when the life office bought CommInsure from Commonwealth Bank in 2019. There, Archer was tasked with checking the performance of the insurer's investments following the introduction of Your Future Your Super rules. As head of strategy, he also helped ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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