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Perpetual has suffered a slide in funds under management, despite picking up a new institutional Australian equities mandate.
The fund manager has announced to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) today that funds under management as at 31 May stood at $27.5 billion, including net inflows of $100 million from an institutional client in Australian equities.
The company said funds under management as at 30 April, 2010, had stood at $29 billion.
Dan Farmer, chief investment officer of MLC Asset Management, has detailed how its super fund allocations have evolved and whether the fund will consider investing in bitcoin.
Australia’s superannuation capital has been positioned to play a larger role in south-east Asia’s economic development under a new government-backed deal.
Superannuation funds have become the dominant force behind Australia’s private markets boom, fuelling unprecedented growth and reshaping manager operations.
Reserve Bank governor Michele Bullock has said the central bank sees private demand picking up over the next year, taking over from public demand.