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NZ Super Fund shines bright with standout return

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... inflation, positive macroeconomic data and optimism that generative AI technology will boost corporate profitability saw global markets perform exceptionally well," Townsend said. The rally in global equities, however, was largely powered by the Magnificent ...

Metrics to list CRE fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... managing partner Andrew Lockhart said the fund aims to provide investors with exposure to a diversified portfolio of private markets CRE investments covering the entire capital structure from lower risk, senior secured first registered mortgage debt ...

Elanor shakes up leadership, sells down fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... programs are also in progress for several single asset retail managed funds, including Bluewater Square and Belconnen Markets," the board said. As for the partnership with Challenger, the board said this "remains a high priority for the group to ensure ...

Aussie super funds climb ranks, government funds slide

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... that, in 2023, the top 300 pension funds' AUM increased by 10% to US$22.6 trillion up US$2 trillion year on year, as markets stabilised. In 2022, total assets fell 13%. Growth has remained faster among the biggest schemes, the report indicated, as ...

TradingHub makes Australian debut

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2024
... manipulation, such as detecting cross-product abuse, primary market abuse, and the surveillance of activities in less transparent markets. It can also reduce the exorbitant costs associated with investigating "false positives". Speaking on the expansion ...

VanEck to launch defence ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... The sectors, however, have historically outperformed the broader market. VanEck deputy head of investments and capital markets Jamie Hannah said as an asset class, defence companies are underrepresented on the ASX and in most investor portfolios. "With ...

Passive funds save $14.4bn in fees: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2024
... said. Burns added that higher investment costs diminish returns, especially for active managers who aim to outperform markets. "The higher the investment costs, the higher the odds of market underperformance. A high percentage of investors in active ...

Global X's best three ideas for portfolio construction

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... which intend to capture, with a specificity of focus, certain equity areas that have tailwinds from growing addressable markets, essentially serving as a growth component in an investor's portfolio. Hitzeman explained that thematic investing can be visualised ...

Macquarie AM launches emerging markets equity ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
Macquarie Focused Emerging Markets Equity ETF is the latest addition to the Macquarie Asset Management's (MAM) active ETF platform, listing on the Nasdaq yesterday. The new fund (Nasdaq: EMEQ) is managed by the firm's emerging markets equity team - ...

abrdn closes hedge fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2024
... by combining diversified hedging strategies into "one active solution and is convex" meaning that as developed equity markets fall, its rate of gain increases. The fund returned -10.5% p.a. since inception on 6 October 2021. In the last year, it also ...
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