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GIM director slapped with travel restraints

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... $73.3 million involve investment scams that commonly promise big payouts with little risk. New South Wales is home to the highest number of scams at 8909, followed by Victoria with 7116 and Queensland with 5438.

Greece launches new innovation, infrastructure fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... it said. Growthfund highlighted that Greece has restored its investment-grade status, posting one of the Eurozone's highest primary surpluses, and now borrows at rates lower than the US. Its economy is forecast to grow 2.3% in 2025, it said. Greece's ...

Retirees unfairly targeted by tax: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... Australians wanting to work. HESTA said while Australians in the top income bracket are often considered to pay the nation's highest tax rates, the findings show age pensioners are hit with far higher effective rates due to the Income Test taper rate. ...

Geopolitical risks to drive infra investments: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... private equity (13.65%); while debt net returns are also increasing to 9.6%, up 170bps from 2024. Asia Pacific has the highest net return expectations of 9.8% rather than 9.6% across other localities. The report says this can be credited to a higher ...

Super funds break records, inactive accounts balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... Government funds - the Public Sector Superannuation Scheme and Military Superannuation & Benefits Fund No 1 - have the highest median account balance of $545,808 and $525,461 respectively. Retail superannuation funds, such as Mason Stevens Super, Praemium ...

Female fund managers' triumphant decade: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... jurisdictions, as Asian countries are championing driving gender equality. Gender parity around the world Taiwan has the highest number of female fund managers at 32%, Singapore at 25% and Hong Kong just behind at 23%, the report found, as potential ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... assets and is 6.9% larger by assets than the former global frontrunner. "The past year saw pension assets reach their highest levels yet, coming off several years of slowed growth following the previous record achieved in 2021," Thinking Institute director ...

Binance names head of APAC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... confident that Binance can continue advancing our mission of fostering sustainable and responsible growth, while upholding the highest standards of compliance in APAC," said Richard Teng, Binance chief executive, in a statement. Prior to Crypto.com ...

Platinum client yanks $580m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... ($295.2bn), BlackRock ($198.1bn), IFM Investors ($146.8bn) and Vanguard ($136.5bn) make up the top five. BlackRock manages the highest number of mandates at 514, followed by Vanguard with 311 and Macquarie AM with 269.

Praemium partners to offer more global options

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... and asset servicing, Praemium believes the integration will consolidate cross-border fund distribution and ensure the highest standards of asset safety. Additionally, Vestima will support the transition of selected funds from the OneVue client migration ...