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Franklin Templeton's Brandywine Global launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... Equity Fund for Australian investors. The $2.4 trillion asset manager said the fund will invest in 60 to 100 global companies and seek to outperform the MSCI ACWI Index. Franklin Templeton managing director Felicity Walsh said the fund broadens its local ...

First Sentier axes investment units, AUM takes $14bn hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... manager this morning announced that its locally based Australian fixed income, global credit, equity income, and emerging companies units will close. "We have looked across our business in Australia to ensure each of our investment capabilities has sufficient ...

S&P/ASX200 tipped to hit 8300: VanEck

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... undervalued. Australian mid-caps are tipped to be the "star performer" this year and will outperform the S&P/ASX 200. "Smaller companies offer more upside potential through market share expansion and have historically outperformed in prolonged market ...

Auditors lambast mandatory climate reporting requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2024
... auditors do not support the government's requirements to implement mandatory climate reporting and assurance on private companies, not-for-profits and companies limited by guarantee, according to a new survey. The survey was conducted by Chartered Accountants ...

Sequoia chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... director of Informed Investor, ShareCafe, and Corporate Connect Research - all of which Sequoia acquired in 2022. These companies provide media, research, digital distribution and technology services to advisers and investors. McGowen is counterclaiming ...

Perennial launches new investment fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... both public and private - announced in Australia in the first quarter, valued at $34 billion. Meanwhile, 17 ASX-listed companies received takeover offers with values of $100 million or more in the same period. "And in the US, the first quarter of 2024 ...

Commercial real estate optimism ticks up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... through greater efficiencies, including through the optimisation of real estate portfolios. "Effectively, we're seeing companies trying to 'do more with less'," he said. "Naturally, we're seeing a lot more companies wanting greater use from the real ...

Small cap investors told to 'stop whinging'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2024
... whinging" about share prices. In an exerpt from the March Quarterly Report, Johnson said there are plenty of smaller companies that have seen significant share price rises. "There are reflections of the 2021 meme bubble in some artificial intelligence ...

The Aussie wealthtech firms that are 'most innovative'

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2024
The annual list of the world's most innovative wealthtech companies was recently released, with several Australian firms making the cut. Iress, GBST, Practifi, Lumiant, and Ignition Advice were all on the list, which was selected by a panel of industry ...

Two new ETFs for Franklin Templeton

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2024
... equity and fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the ASX today. The Franklin Global Growth Fund (FRGG) invests in companies operating in developed and emerging markets from around the world other than in Australia. The fund aims to outperform ...