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Boman Group scores licence to expand China investments

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
Melbourne-based Boman Group has been granted the Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor (QFII) licence by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, which will help it to expand its direct investments in China. The licence will allow its subsidiary ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... held in November saw a pass rate of 64% for the 3970 candidates who sat it. The CFP board said the November cohort was the second-largest number of people to ever sit the exam. In a post-exam survey, the main reason exam candidates seek CFP certification ...

Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... including Australia. The biggest risks for Australia also include disruptions to a systemically important supply chain (second) and critical infrastructure (third). They are followed by adverse outcomes of frontier technologies (quantum, biotech, geoengineering) ...

Brookfield, GIC seal $4bn National Storage REIT acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... has unanimously recommended shareholders vote in favour of the acquisition, which is expected to be implemented in the second quarter of 2026, pending shareholder and regulatory approval. The meeting at which the NSR shareholders will vote on the transaction ...

Australia's 'Super 6' embrace total portfolio approach: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... top 100 ranking. The biggest asset owner was Norway's Norges Bank Investment Management with US$1.7 trillion in assets. Second place was Japan's Government Pension Investment Fund with US$1.6 trillion, followed by China's SAFE Investment Company with ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... Equity Fund was the top performer with 36.8% p.a. The RQI Investors Emerging Markets Fund - Class A's 28.4% p.a. came in second place, while the ClearBridge Emerging Markets Fund - Class A returned 27.8% p.a. Over a three-year period, the MFS Emerging ...

Preparing earlier boosts average super balance by over $250k: Brighter Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... was reflected in an MFS Investment Management report this week. Personal financial advice is their top request for the second year in a row for retirees, it said. However, despite improving results, retirement confidence remains below historical highs ...

Women in Super announces new board line-up

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
... leadership at the ACTU and roles advising federal ministers across the attorney-general, health and families portfolios. The second new director is Michelle Ingram, who brings 25 years of banking experience across business banking, private banking, and ...

Life insurers to up external fund manager mandates: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... managers and acceptance of using them improving" were the top reasons why they would contract out an investment function. The second reason was because external managers are able to provide "greater transparency and reporting". Executives said greater ...

First Sentier adds second active ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
First Sentier Investors is listing its second ETF on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), leveraging its ex-20 Australian share strategy. The First Sentier ex-20 Australian Share Fund Active ETF (ASX: XX20) provides investors long-term returns ...