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Super funds 'playing to their strengths' in private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2024
Super funds are proving a good case study for investing in private assets, according to Morningstar's 2025 outlook. "Australia's super funds have successfully pioneered investment in asset classes such as unlisted infrastructure and property for decades ...

Inconsistencies abound in Future Fund mandate change: Deloitte

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
... - the energy transition, residential housing, and infrastructure. In doing so, it retained the same benchmark return and risk profile. Since its inception in 2006, the Future Fund has generated an average annual return of 7.7% and added more than $165 ...

Top asset owners return to growth: Study

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2024
Assets of the top 100 asset owners globally returned to growth last year, with five Australian funds placed on the list and commanding 3% of the total assets. The Asset Owner 100 study from the Thinking Ahead Institute shows the world's top 100 asset ...

Adviser suspended over wrongful use of ROAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... their personal circumstances had changed significantly in the relevant period. All three clients had the same investment risk profile and the same superannuation platform and investments, which all three were advised to retain. The FSCP was satisfied ...

Super fund adds to Payden & Rygel mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... the continued interest in strategies offering high yield-like return with lower volatility, giving investors an attractive risk-adjusted option within public fixed income. "The strategy invests in a multi-sector portfolio of global government, corporate ...

APRA maintains policy amid uncertain environment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... mortgage serviceability buffer will remain at three percentage points; the countercyclical capital buffer will remain at 1% of risk-weighted assets; and no limits on lending or constraints on capital distributions are being introduced. APRA chair John ...

Super funds set renewables targets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... transition accord, which set out five recommendations to create a clear pathway to help unlock investment with appropriate risk-adjusted returns for institutional investors. "ASFA knows that if we get the settings right, there is a great opportunity ...

Swan tells Bragg he won't front parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2024
... ASIC, and we are focussed on continuing to improve the support we provide members. "Given that, John [Edwards, Cbus board risk committee chair] and I would not be in a position to add anything further to the areas of particular interest to the Committee ...

'Turbulent' environment expected in 2025: Robeco

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
Robeco has forecasted another challenging year for the global economy, marked by conflicting signals and complex dynamics, in its 2025 economic outlook titled This is not a landing. Robeco said the US economy shows signs of continued resilience, despite ...

Treasury consults on new crypto tax laws

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2024
... difficulty of verifying whether associated tax liabilities are appropriately reported and assessed, which poses a significant risk that recent gains in global tax transparency will be gradually eroded," the OECD said. The CARF is designed to capture ...