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First Sentier launches small cap fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
First Sentier has launched a new Australian small companies fund that offers a long short strategy to wholesale and retail investors. The First Sentier Australian Small Companies Long Short Opportunities Fund seeks out small high-quality companies that ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
... investment returns. Well, we don't think that's the case," he says. "The regulator telling us that if you're small, you can't you don't have the scale for investment opportunities is just not true." And the numbers back him up. According ...

Yarra Capital names portfolio manager to lead new fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... the investment expertise of chair and head of Australian equities Dion Hershan, head of Australian equities research and small cap portfolio manager Katie Hudson, microcap portfolio manager Joel Fleming and managing director Ed Eason. The closed-end ...

More consolidation is needed, says Diverger chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... of these manual processes that means using digital advice tools, but also just bringing institutional scale to small businesses. That's how we think about scale." Jacobsen admits the last four or five years have been tough for the sector. "We've ...

APRA aims to bolster financial crisis response

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 SEP 2022
... Australia has one of the strongest and most stable financial systems in the world, and failures are extremely rare, businesses in any competitive market can face financial difficulties. Should that happen, we want to be sure each entity has the capability ...

Adviser exits fuel salary increases

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
... management firms needs and wants," Kaizen said. "Unfortunately, this pool is shrinking and advisers with 15+ years now make up a small portion of the industry. Wealth management firms are aware and are going to great lengths to keep advisers that are ...

Insignia Financial profits jump 59% to $234.5m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... demonstrate we are pursuing the right strategy and implementing it with focused and accelerated execution. Across all three businesses, we are realising our competitive advantage by leveraging scale and expertise and delivering growth through simplification," ...

Equity Trustees confirms AET acquisition

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 22 AUG 2022
... portfolio management services (PMS), which EQT intends to exit. EQT intends to retain the client management and trustee role for small APRA funds," it concluded. EQT further announced its net profit after tax is up 12.5% on the prior year to $24 million. ...

UBS launches small cap strategy in Australia

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 AUG 2022
UBS Asset Management launched its Future Leaders Small Cap Strategy in Australia. A statement said the actively managed global strategy of 40 to 60 small cap "future leader" stocks is designed to provide investors with exposure to high-quality companies ...

Super fund climate risk assessment results released

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 5 AUG 2022
... our regulated entities identify and manage these risks, as well as being alert to opportunities to strengthen their businesses." APRA reported that one area for improvement is metrics and targets. "While many institutions indicated that they measure ...