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Funds management

There is a growing concentration among the top 20 managers whose market share increased to 44% of total assets, according to the Thinking Ahead Institute....

Funds management

Macquarie outpaces rivals with $583 billion AUM

Macquarie Group has ranked as the largest asset manager in Australia with US$412 billion ($583 billion), significantly greater than its nearest rival....

Financial planning

Investment industry failing to learn from experience

Investment industry, which lacks learning from experience when it comes to improving investment committee practices and governance, should follow the aircraft industry’s ...

Funds management

Largest asset owners pivotal for financial systems

The largest asset owners are responsible for the wealth and well-being of billions of people and they are critical to aiding society’s biggest issues, according to The Th...

Funds management

Asset managers overlook culture as a competitive edge

Only a small proportion of asset managers have measured and actively manage their own culture, according to a research paper by the Thinking Ahead Institute (TAI)....

Superannuation

Defined contribution schemes on the rise

Defined contribution assets in pension markets have overtaken defined benefit assets for the first time in what could be construed as a vote of confidence in Australia’s ...