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Soul Patts sees profits slide 28%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2024
... receive a fully franked dividend of $0.95 per share - an increase of 9.2% - thanks to higher cash flows from its private equity and emerging companies portfolio. The total portfolio grew 8.7% to a new asset value of $11.8 billion. Soul Patts chief executive ...

Boutique investment manager hits the market

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 SEP 2024
... the Global Opportunistic Income Fund, which targets an annual return of 7% net of fees; the Global Select Wealth Creators equity strategy, which has returned 37.9% since its launch in May 2023, outperforming its benchmark by 11.68%; and the Emerging ...

Global X hires new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
... BlackRock's iShares Australia. He also worked in investor solutions at Barclays Capital and was head of adviser sales for equity derivatives at Macquarie Bank. Zaika replaces Evan Metcalf, who steps down in October after a decade-long tenure at the ...

Robeco specialist poached by Northern Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... role of quantitative strategies head for international clients last November. Baltussen, who was most recently head of equity factor investing and co-head of quantitative fixed income at Robeco, will also direct the firm's growing international quantitative ...

Alternatives market to hit US$30tn by 2030: Preqin

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... growth rate represents a 0.8% drop from the previous period. Preqin said this is due to softer expectations for the private equity and venture capital markets. Despite this, it's predicted private equity will remain the largest asset class. According ...

Megatrends impacting portfolio construction: Mercer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... just, 'what is the trend?', but also 'what is the opportunity?'." Jacques said there is an increased correlation between equity and bond markets, which is not something markets have typically seen before. "Over the next three to five years at least we ...

Pre-retirees expect less reliance on Age Pension: Investment Trends

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... partners' super (9%), and savings and investments (4%) for financial support. The rest is made up of rent from property (5%), equity release from the family home (9%), and other (8%). "There's a clear gap between expectation and reality, on a few ...

Regal sets eyes on Platinum takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
... yesterday, the Platinum share price was $1 and jumped to $1.14 at the open today following the announcement. Morningstar equity analyst Shaun Ler said the proposed acquisition appears reasonable, with a 14% takeover premium to its fair value and the ...

HESTA lowers insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... shares, from 24.5% to 27%. It will tone down its international shares exposure from 35.5% to 31%, as well as its private equity investments from 5% to 3%. Cash exposure will increase from 5% to 7%, while global debt will rise from 17% to 19%. The Sustainable ...

Dimensional hires institutional sales lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... Dimensional manages about $1.1 trillion - around $50 billion for Australian and New Zealand clients and offers a full range of equity and fixed income strategies. The fund entered the ETF market in the US in November 2020. Since then, the firm has experienced ...