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QIC beefs up energy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2024
... investment specialists and 25 non-executive directors and advisers. Last year QIC acquired Bluecurrent, an Australasian smart metering business, adding to its portfolio that also incorporates Tilt Renewables, Pacific Energy and Lochard Energy in Australia ...

Social media, news addiction cost returns: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2024
Investors addicted to the financial news cycle and social media hype tend to time the market and forego substantial returns compared to staying the course, according to Morningstar. The "hyper-informed" investor is one who incessantly checks stock prices ...

Retail funds drive down admin fees: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2024
Expensive retail superannuation funds have finally become competitive with industry funds after bringing down their administration fees, a new analysis by KPMG shows. KPMG found that admin fees for MySuper products have come down from 0.33% to 0.26% ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
While the US is at the forefront of financial advisers leveraging the best technology available, Australia's advice industry cannot be left behind and should learn from the blueprint it has laid out, investment experts told the Stockbrokers and Investment ...

Mercer rolls out new corporate super plan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAY 2024
Mercer Super has launched a new corporate superannuation plan for employers of all sizes called Mercer Business Super. Mercer Super chief executive Tim Barber told Financial Standard that historically, Mercer Super Trust's "bread and butter" has been ...

How to win in today's wealth management industry: EY

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2024
To outperform in the wealth management industry, leaders must conquer several "underlying challenges" by 2030, according to an Ernst & Young (EY) report. "Overcoming these challenges is vital if wealth managers are to create value for clients, stakeholders ...

UniSuper invests $623m in Macquarie green fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2024
... the space with strong financial backing and a proven track record. "The investment supports UniSuper's strategy to develop smart partnerships with high quality, aligned managers to complement our in-house investment capability," he said. MGECO targets ...

Mercury Capital acquires KKR's stake in Findex

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2024
... Spiro Paule said the new relationship with Mercury Capital demonstrates that Findex is comfortable with partnering with smart capital to better enable it to further expand and enhance best-in-class financial services to a vast demographic of business ...

AustralianSuper to deploy £8 billion in the UK

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAR 2024
... of confidence in the British economy. "We've already halved inflation, debt is forecast to fall, and - with thanks to smart investors like AustralianSuper - we're on course to grow the economy," Sunak said. Meanwhile, minister for investment ...

VanEck establishes foothold in Brisbane

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2024
... in the region. "VanEck has become the go-to ETF provider among the adviser community," Neiron said. "We are the leader in smart beta ETFs and the leading innovator in the country." He added that more than half of the ETFs launched by VanEck were pioneering ...