T. Rowe Price has recruited Viral Patel for a new role in the company’s Australian equities team, while plans are already underway to hire another three equity analysts for the Sydney office.
Patel, who was a research analyst with Alliance Bernstein's Sydney office, has been appointed to the new role of associate director of research for Australia.
He will report to portfolio manager, Randal Jenneke, who was hired last June with the task of piecing together the equity investment management and research team.
The company stated that enhancing its local investment capability would enable it to launch a differentiated Australian strategy for local and regional investors.
Australia’s largest superannuation fund has confirmed all members who had funds stolen during the recent cyber fraud crime have been reimbursed.
As institutional investors grapple with shifting sentiment towards US equities and fresh uncertainty surrounding tariffs, Australia’s Aware Super is sticking to a disciplined, diversified playbook.
Market volatility continued to weigh on fund returns last month, with persistent uncertainty making it difficult to pinpoint how returns will fare in April.
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has called for the incoming government to prioritise “certainty and stability” when it comes to super policy.