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FNZ raises fresh capital for growth plans

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
FNZ, the global wealth management platform, has secured US$650 million in new equity funding from institutional shareholders to support its long-term business plan. The investment comes from sophisticated investors, including La Caisse, Generation Investment ...

APRA to continue crackdown on super fund expenditure

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
APRA executive director - superannuation, life and private health insurance Carmen Beverley-Smith has warned superannuation trustees that the regulator will use the full extent of its powers if funds are spending member money in irresponsible ways. ...

Stay or leave: ASIC's private credit clampdown tests managers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... someone's offering you, that's when you should question the investment," he warned. While there is ambiguity on where the asset class fits, Schloeffel sees private credit playing a major role in client portfolios over the next decade. "I think ...

Aware Super, Barings spin-off BTR portfolio

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... buildings will be represented by the new WeAreLiving brand. Barings will continue its role as investment, development and asset manager across the BTR portfolio, as well as looking after acquisitions and operations. The BTR portfolio, initiated in February ...

SQM Research faces court over 'favourable' rating of Shield

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... 2022 and October 2022, that rated the different classes of Shield as 3.75 stars, which is considered favourable. Keystone Asset Management, the responsible entity of Shield, engaged SQM Research to provide ratings for its Balanced, Conservative and Growth ...

Super good for financial stability, for now: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... (financial system) Brad Jones has told the ASFA Conference 2025 that the size of Australia's superannuation system is a "national asset" but warned that funds need to take proper measures to protect it. "Historically, the super fund sector has had a ...

Mercer Investments shutters four options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... managed and passive funds on its Wrap platform. On October 24, Macquarie closed off 243 funds that invest across a myriad of asset classes "to new investments and all automated plans for superannuation and pension." About one quarter of these are ETFs ...

HUB24, TAL to launch retirement income product

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
HUB24 will launch a lifetime retirement solution in conjunction with TAL in the first half of 2026. HUB24 chief executive Andrew Alcock said the solution will address one of the most pressing concerns for Australians - the risk of outliving their retirement ...

Barings appoints new head of APAC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... (APAC), to start in the role in January 2026. Wright succeeds Duncan Robertson, who will retire after 17 years with the global asset manager. Wright has been with Barings for 20 years, most recently leading the real estate division in APAC. He will oversee ...

UniSuper commits over $760m to Macquarie AM's infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
UniSuper is partnering with Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), investing $766 million (US$500m) in its infrastructure-adjacent private equity strategy, which includes $383 million (US$250m) for the strategy's first two investments. Under the agreement ...