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Inheritance dissatisfaction an advice opportunity: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... that inherited money often sits dormant or underutilised. On average, only 22% of inherited capital is invested in mutual funds and 11% in a pension fund. In Australia, wealth holders invest even less (29%) of their inheritances than their global peers ...

Aussies feeling FOMO on private markets: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... between public and private markets that investors must know." While there are alternative investment options such as evergreen funds, which are traditionally more accessible than those with the closed ended structures, liquidity and valuation issues ...

Fidelity International launches first global equity SMA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
... achieve the best of both worlds for our clients in public equities and offer a highly competitive fee structure to rival index funds, with an active overlay from a risk and quantitative perspective from one of the world's largest investment managers ...

Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Superannuation funds had $400 billion invested in private market assets, jumping 34% in the two years to June 2024, Rainmaker Information analysis of APRA data shows. Private real assets, classified as unlisted investments in property and infrastructure ...

Labor proposes changes to ancillary funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Labor is proposing several reforms to giving or ancillary funds that include increasing the annual distribution rate and smoothing out minimal distributions over three years. In the consultation paper Giving fund reforms: Distribution rate and smoothing ...

ASIC sues Australian Unity for TMD failure

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
ASIC is suing Australian Unity Funds Management for allegedly failing to ensure retail investors fit the suitable target market for its investment product, the Select Income Fund. ASIC is looking at the period between 5 October 2021 and 5 October 2023 ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... systems. They are complementary," Rainmaker said. Based on Rainmaker's analysis of unlisted unit trusts and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), covering six major asset classes over 22 categories, Macquarie Asset Management won the Investment Manager of ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... watch, mostly via institutional mandates, State Street - whether directly or, more often, indirectly through superannuation funds - touches the wealth of many Australians. Speaking to Financial Standard, SSGA head of Asia Pacific Kevin Anderson mapped ...

GESB to roll out premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... from the commencement of the members' unpaid parental leave until their return to work date or for up to 12 months. The funds will also waive premiums for members following the payment of a financial hardship early release claim for up to 12 months. ...

King's honours list recognises excellence in super, finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
The 2025 King's Birthday honours list featured several heavyweights from the superannuation, funds management and sustainable investing sectors. A superannuation fund investments chief was one of the recipients of the highly coveted Medal of the ...