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AustralianSuper takes monster hit on Pluralsight

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... creators for members," he said. "The asset was well supported by a range of major global investors, however, the impact of the COVID pandemic, volatile macroeconomic conditions, rising interest rates and increasing competition combined to create a very ...

Short-termism damaging Australian economy: CEDA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2024
... for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA). "Our record of almost three decades of economic growth, halted only by the COVID-19 pandemic, is unequalled by any other developed economy," CEDA senior economist Melissa Wilson said. "But we also face significant ...

Perpetual names new chief executive

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 AUG 2024
... the Asset Management business over time. Among his achievements, Mr Adams led the organisation through the uncertainty of COVID-19. The board thanks Rob for his many contributions and dedication to Perpetual." Adams joined Perpetual in 2018, previously ...

Financial services experiencing 'workforce transformation'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2024
... leaders from the millennial generation with a focus on the opportunities they bring and the challenges they faced during COVID. "The industry's workforce is in a state of transformation as millennials continue to climb the ranks, stepping into leadership ...

Assembly Funds Management seeks $100m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 AUG 2024
... the upper end of its mid-teens gross forecast return range despite its investment period overlapping with the headwinds of Covid and a severe interest rate hiking cycle," Gutman said. "The team is expected to complete the balance of investing in ADPF1 ...

Markets melt down over 'premature' recession fears

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2024
... sizzling stock rally has gone too far," Ho said. "Not since March 2020, when markets were spooked by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, has the ASX experienced such a vicious two-day sell-off." Ho said Australian traders were spooked by the unexpected ...

QIC replaces real estate managing director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... different investment structures," she said. "Michael and the team steered the portfolio through the destabilising impacts of COVID-19 and the complex market environment in the years following the pandemic. He also led a number of significant redevelopments ...

WAM calls to save in-person AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUL 2024
... denied. Now, WAM is calling to save in-person AGMs. Speaking to Financial Standard, Wilson said the 2022 AGM was different as COVID restrictions were still in place in Melbourne at the time and affirmed that in-person or hybrid meetings should be the ...

ASIC to launch new criminal investigation team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUL 2024
... recent instances in the past five years where there were periods of temporary deterioration in the market. One was during the COVID-19 pandemic when global markets experienced a high-level of volatility and trading. The second was in late 2023 as corporate ...

Group insurance cheaper by 25%: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... superannuation funds paid up to $8.8 billion in premiums last year, which is lower than the $9.2 billion record set pre-Covid in 2019. In terms of claims, the group insurance sector paid out a record $5 billion, up 11% year on year. This eclipsed the ...