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HUB24 tops platform rankings

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
HUB24 has stolen the crown from Netwealth and reclaimed the top spot for overall platform functionality. Investment Trends released its 2022 Platform Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis Report and said HUB24's overall score of 91.5% just edged ...

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
Loosening financial advice regulation under the Quality of Advice Review proposals would highly benefit superannuation fund members, but many are convinced that this only works in theory. The Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy stuck to her ...

Aussie equities withstand test of time: Report

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
Australia has been the best performing equities market globally over the last 123 years, according to the latest Credit Suisse Global Investment Returns Yearbook. Published in collaboration with London Business School, the report covers all main asset ...

ClearView offloads managed investments unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
ClearView will solely focus its efforts on life insurance after flagging that it found a buyer for its managed investments business as it also continues to review the future of its superannuation fund. Human Financial, an investment management and technology ...

Gurner, Qualitas close second BTR fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
The GQ multifamily build to rent platform (GQ) owned by multi-billion-dollar developer Gurner and Qualitas have announced a further build-to-rent (BTR) capital raise with another $2 billion for future growth, following the close of their second fund ...

CBA Group Super pursues merger with ART

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 FEB 2023
Commonwealth Bank Group Super has entered a Memorandum of Understanding to potentially merge with Australian Retirement Trust (ART). The merger would see Commonwealth Bank Group Super's 67,000 members and $12.3 billion funds under management (FUM) ...

Fund selectors insulating portfolios, embrace active management: Natixis IM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
Fund selectors are turning to actively managed funds, bonds, private assets, and sustainable investments, according to a Natixis IM survey. Fund selectors are increasingly turning to active management as a tool for managing client portfolios, most saying ...

Government housing measures progress

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
The legislations to create the $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund that will deliver 30,000 affordable homes has passed. Minister for Housing, Julie Collins confirmed the legislation to deliver the single biggest investment in affordable and social ...

ASIC dodges PGPA investigation questioning

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
At a hearing this morning, Senator Andrew Bragg called out ASIC chair Joe Longo after he opted not to answer questions about ASIC commissioners investigated under the Public Governance Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Act. Fronting the Senate Economics ...

ASIC acts to combat financial inequality for First Nations people

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
ASIC has published an Indigenous Financial Services Framework to support positive financial outcomes for First Nations people. The Framework's development is the result of extensive consultations with stakeholders, including First Nations people, financial ...