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Warren Buffet honours Charlie Munger in Berkshire shareholder letter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2024
... candidates that are meaningful options for capital deployment." "All in all, we have no possibility of eye-popping performance," Buffet said. But Berkshire "should do a bit better" than the average American corporation and, more importantly, operate ...

Australian Ethical posts strong half-year result

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... billion, representing a 15% increase. This growth is credited to ongoing positive net flows and strong investment performance. Net flows were $259 million, up 39% from the previous period, fueled by superannuation net flows of $269 million. However ...

ESSSuper welcomes strategy lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2024
... deVries joins the $34 billion fund from Catholic Church Insurance, where she spent three years driving strategy and performance. Before that, she was with Club Assist Asia Pacific overseeing strategy and business planning as well as product engineering ...

ASIC waves red flag at advisers, trustees over Choice products

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2024
... underperforming product per trustee and then trustees were asked to identify their worst performing option based on performance parameters ASIC provided. Of the 29 options, 24 did not meet or exceed the benchmark disclosed in the relevant PDSs for five ...

Aussies do not underspend in retirement, say super funds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
... information to them. The SMC also said a comprehensive retirement test should be introduced that measures investment performance, flexibility to access funds, and giving people control of the level of risk they want. Finally, the use of annuities for ...

Count posts positive results ahead of Diverger takeover

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2024
... statutory profits are up from $858,000 in 1H23 to $2.014 million in 1H24. Count chief executive Hugh Humphrey said the performance is particularly pleasing as the company simultaneously delivers one of the most significant transformations in our 44-year ...

Madigan Capital appoints head of investment capital

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... capabilities of our team to provide tailored debt investment solutions, delivering sustainable and stable investment performance secured against well-underwritten real estate assets. It's a very exciting time to be in this market," Wood said.

Mergers a boon for super member growth

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2024
... UniSuper, and Brighter Super recorded the largest growth in member numbers, according to new analysis from Perple - People Performance, underscored by mergers and stiff competition. Using APRA data of the 2022-23 financial year, Perple found that merger ...

GQG records US$10bn in inflows, eyes Abu Dhabi office

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 FEB 2024
... manager concluded the year with US$120.6 billion in funds under management (FUM), reflective of net flows and investment performance, according to chief executive Tim Carver. "The growth in FUM reflects strong performance from out investment team and ...

Investment Trends ranks top five platforms

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 FEB 2024
... net flows into platforms between the UK and Australia. "We can't help but attribute - at least in part - the strong performance of Australian platforms to the agility in identifying the growing demand for the asset class and the timely solutions deployed ...