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Trump backflips on tariffs but risks remain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... Composite was almost 8% higher. "The markets have been crying out for common sense. The economic vandalism of tariffs was never sustainable. A backpedal wasn't just likely - it was always inevitable," Green said. "You can't fight the basic needs ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... involved. "I will say, with founder-led companies, you've got to accept that there are 10 boxes to tick and it will never have a 10 out of 10 over it... That's the case with founder-led companies and WiseTech is not the only example of poor governance." ...

Cybercriminals attack major super funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Cybercriminals attempted to breach the systems of several superannuation funds over the weekend, although most attacks were repelled, thousands have been affected. Rest said fewer than 1% of its members have been affected by unauthorised activity on ...

Court approves Caddick SMSF class action settlement

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2025
... class action in October 2023 against the SMSF auditors who allegedly failed to pick up that the assets Caddick invested never existed when reviewing the annual financial report. Among many things missed, auditors did not notice that Caddick's CommSec ...

Talaria taps Equity Trustees as RE for three funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... research focus, in tandem with delivering multiple sources of return with less downside capture and low volatility has "never been more important" as investors try to navigate current market uncertainty. He added, Equity Trustees can offer the firm "enhanced ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
... weren't," he said. "When we combined active and index strategies under one roof, we gave investors something they'd never had before: the freedom to blend strategies seamlessly. ETFs stopped being purely passive. Instead, they became essential ...

Dutton doubles down on 'super for housing' policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... increase the instant asset write-off limit to $30,000 was welcomed. CPA Australia said while the move was positive it should "never have become a political football". Currently, the instant asset write-off limit sits at $20,000 and will expire on July ...

Vanguard ETFs record most consistent monthly net flows: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
Vanguard ETFs have recorded the most consistent inflows of any manager over the past two years, according to Rainmaker Information. Over the two years to December 2024, monthly net flows to its ETFs showed an autocorrelation of 0.59 - a statistical ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
State Super closed its main defined benefit schemes in 1985 and 1992, meaning the fund is on a long slow march to completion. Its chief executive John Livanas unpacks the challenges of managing a fund with no new members and an inevitable end. State ...

Active Super fined $10.5m for greenwashing

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
... contravening conduct continued over an extensive period of time (approximately two and a half years); the likely causes of it were never explained; it concerned substantial investments; it was likely to have led to investors losing confidence in ESG ...