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IFM Investors appoints global product strategy head
IFM Investors has strengthened its global leadership team with a senior appointment of a former WTW consultant.
Macquarie AM launches venture growth fund
The new fund will provide eligible investors access to late-stage growth companies around the world based on a two-decade track record with more than 350 investments.
Consistent climate disclosures matter: ASFA, ACSI
The Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) and the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI have joined four other peak investment bodies to push for continued transparent and comparable climate disclosure.
Ironbark expands advice footprint with acquisition
Ironbark Financial Group has acquired a Victoria-based multi-disciplinary firm that specialises in assisting small to medium sized businesses, integrating the practice into its Ironbark Advice brand.
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When geopolitics becomes a portfolio risk
Geopolitics is back - again - and Australian investors can no longer treat it as distant background noise.
Does association membership still matter?
With all the changes the advice sector has experienced in recent years, such as regulatory reform and increased education and professional standards ...
Digital assets and where they stand in 2026
So far in 2026 digital assets have captured the headlines largely for the wrong reasons, but that doesn't tell the full story.
Rethinking default design in a changing market environment
The evolution underway in the US DC system highlights the value of periodically reassessing default design assumptions.
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Jacqueline Fernley is a self-confessed nerd, a market animal and as of this year, her own boss. Riddhima Talwani writes.
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GIven MySuper has only been around 10 months, the below statement I feel to be rather misleading:
"Wholly indexed investment approaches embraced by the cheapest retail MySuper products have on average underperformed comparable Industry SuperFund balanced options on a net basis by 83 basis points per year over a ten year period."