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ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... one market over another or overstepping what a regulator should and shouldn't do. This is just ASIC trying to meet our mandate," Constant said. Constant also praised the superannuation sector specifically for its work with ASIC in being transparent with ...

FNZ raises fresh capital for growth plans

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
FNZ, the global wealth management platform, has secured US$650 million in new equity funding from institutional shareholders to support its long-term business plan. The investment comes from sophisticated investors, including La Caisse, Generation Investment ...

Aware Super, Barings spin-off BTR portfolio

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... chapter in this long-standing partnership with Aware Super, and are keenly assessing opportunities for new sites, given our mandate to grow the pipeline and with significant capital to deploy." Meanwhile, Aware Super head of property Alek Misev said ...

Perennial snaps up 50% of Balmoral, hands over microcap mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
Perennial Partners has acquired half of Balmoral Investors and chosen it to manage its Australian microcap strategy. Balmoral portfolio managers Wik Farwerck and Tim Canham will manage the combined funds of both asset managers, totaling more than $150 ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
As HESTA and Vision Super move to divest members' money from Israeli bonds and shares, other superannuation funds' ethical options continue to overlook human rights abuses. HESTA confirmed the move, saying that as part of its investment strategy ...

Macquarie half-year profit rises to $1.7bn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
Macquarie Group has a reported net profit of $1.7 billion in the first half of the financial year to September, up 3% on the same period last year. Assets under management rose by 5% from last year to $959.1 billion in September 2025. Macquarie Asset ...

Key roles vacant as NZ Super prepares for growth

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
New Zealand's $86 billion sovereign wealth fund is filling several critical investment roles as it gears up for explosive growth that will see its assets double within a decade. NZ Super, led by former Funds SA chief executive Jo Townsend (pictured) ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
There are many myths about retirement, and one of the most common is that people will run out of money. Even as Australians live longer and many spend up to three decades of their lives retired, the Retirement Income Review (RIR) found the typical retiree ...

Future Fund returns top $200bn since inception

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2025
... time since its inception. The Future Fund achieved an annual return of 8.3% over the past decade, exceeding the targeted mandate of 7%. It provided a return of 13.7% to investors in the last year. The fund started in 2006 with an initial endowment of ...

APRA to rejig non-traditional service providers framework

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
APRA is proposing changes to superannuation funds' arrangements with non-traditional service providers (NTSPs), which forms part of the newly implemented CPS 230. APRA said the proposed amendments will clarify its expectations for super funds' arrangements ...