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Shield collapse brings wholesale governance to the forefront

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
The failures of Shield Master Fund and First Guardian Master Fund has pushed governance to the forefront - particularly among wholesale investors, according to Magellan Financial Group. Sophia Rahmani, chief executive and managing director of Magellan ...

Younger generations drive SMSF sector growth: Class

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2025
... in their retirement journey. "Younger Australians are taking control of their retirement savings like never before...this trend is in stark contrast to the dramatic drop in new fund establishments by Baby Boomers," said Ciara Conway, general manager ...

Colonial First State partners with MST Financial

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) has partnered with MST Financial to create a platform that empowers advisers to deliver better insights to clients. With MST Financial, CFS will debut Sandstone Insights, a premium research platform. This program will equip ...

RBA's Hauser warns super funds of $1tn FX risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... near term, the size of the market-wide FX hedge book is set to grow significantly over longer horizons. "The structural trend towards growing super fund balances, much of which will have to be invested overseas, makes it ever more important that super ...

Geopolitical risks to drive infra investments: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
The report indicates infrastructure investments have emerged as a key tool for investors to mitigate risk, with allocations expected to rise 20%. The PM700 tracks responses from over 700 senior investment professionals at an international scale and ...

Family offices stand firm on sustainable investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Family offices say they remain committed to sustainable investments despite ongoing political and financial uncertainty, according to a survey by the Sustainable Finance Initiative (SFI). Nearly all the 144 Asia Pacific family offices surveyed feature ...

Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
Only half of global equity funds are trailing their benchmarks, marking a substantial improvement from the 71% long-run underperformance rate, according the SPIVA Australia Scorecard half-year analysis. Fifty-four percent of global equity general funds ...

Advisers favour third-party support in product selection

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
Research and asset consultants continue to play a pivotal role in financial advisers' product selection, especially in managed accounts and superannuation, Investment Trends says. According to its 2025 Adviser Product and Marketing Needs Report, which ...

Private and public markets almost interchangeable: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... bunch of public transactions leave the public market where private credit leaned in and helped to recognise them. "That trend then reversed in the first quarter last year when spreads became a lot tighter and the public capital markets opened up to a ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... building out a hardware and infrastructure footprint, it doesn't mean that there's any dent in the long-term structural trend of companies shifting to the Cloud. But there definitely are some physical constraints around how companies are going ...