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BlackRock to launch first active income-focused ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... investors. BlackRock head of fixed income and credit product strategy for Australia Katherine Palmer said: "After years of low rates, yields have reset higher. ICME is designed to help investors navigate the transition in the market with the phasing ...

Hostplus introduces retirement bonus payments

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... Pension Account; the account balance in each investment option over the 12 months prior to transfer; the retirement bonus rates for each applicable investment option; and adjustments for any withdrawals, deposits and switches in the account over the ...

RBA on hold but 'not as hawkish as feared'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised no one by keeping interest rates on hold at 3.6% at its November meeting, but economists were paying close attention to the tone of the statement released by the central bank. Betashares chief economist ...

Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... a true reflection of non-performing and distressed fund assets. Only four funds published information about the interest rates or ranges charged to borrowers. Only one wholesale fund passed on the full economic benefits of interest earned from its assets ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... the risk of running out of money in retirement. "FORO leads to many retirees relying on the statutory minimum draw-down rates as a default," says Huppert. "That is, only drawing down the minimum to avoid running out of savings. The RIR concluded that ...

Zombie companies on the ASX are dying out

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... restructuring Gayle Dickerson said businesses have extra breathing room due to strong market valuations, lower interest rates and increased consumer sentiment. However, she noted that this improvement remains delicate with ongoing geopolitical risk remaining ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, ART, AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... where he spent five years, most recently as a dealer on the multi-asset desk covering futures, foreign exchange and physical rates while working closely with portfolio managers, exposure management and middle and back-office teams. For approximately ...

Janus Henderson launches small caps fund in Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
... over 30 years of experience in portfolio and funds management. Sheridan described the fund capitalises on the higher growth rates and greater corporate agility recorded in smaller company investments. Sheridan said: "Investing in global small-cap companies ...

Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... planning to retire after 2050 to dramatically reduced retirement benefits, the need for substantially higher contribution rates, or both," the plaintiffs' law firms Ecojustice and Goldblatt Partners said. "Despite the legal duty to invest in contributors' ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... being the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. This was accrued on the back of rising inflation, high interest rates, floods and uncertainty resulting in protests and reduced spending. According to the World Bank, in the 12 months to February ...