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Responsible investing buoyed by instos: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... now bolstered by representatives from all aspects of the investment market. Asset managers, research and data providers, banks, insurers, and of course asset owners." In the ever-evolving landscape of regulation, geopolitical noise, tariffs and election ...

Australian investors loyal to wealth managers - until they're not

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... industry yet to fully play out, it's essential that wealth managers keep pace with these changes..." Notably, full-service banks are the most common primary adviser for Australian investors (23%), followed by private banks (19%). Private bank usage in ...

Escala poised to overhaul strategy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
... research. He has focused exclusively on wealth management for the past 25 years, working initially with global investment banks before co-founding Escala in 2013. Howard, a former UBS Wealth Management executive, played a pivotal role in establishing ...

AFCA looks to expand jurisdiction over receiving banks in scams

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... public consultation on a string of governance changes, with a key focus on expanding its jurisdiction to include receiving banks in scam complaints. Following an engagement with an external consultant, AFCA has proposed to introduce the ability to name ...

Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... March 2016, and September 2020, when bank share prices fell 44%, 26% and 35% respectively, super funds' net inflows into banks reached $5 billion, $3 billion and $1 billion respectively. By contrast, in the year to December 2009 and March 2013 when ...

Relaxed superannuation preservation rules will sink returns: Frontier

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... liquidity into the market during downturns, buying when others are selling, and recapitalising Australian businesses, including banks," Frontier said. Frontier added that changes to preservation rules would be an additional constraint to funds' investment ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... Construction Bank, pricing certificates of deposit and medium-term notes for issuers. He later undertook contract work at several banks before moving to Australia's superannuation sector.

Former Qualitas duo launch funds management shop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... developer-builder model can reduce the risk of stalled projects. However, traditional financiers remain cautious, with major banks tightening credit to the mid-market, and large alternative lenders prefer bigger deals with established contractors, Poinsettia ...

Vista Equity Partners, S64 to bring strategy to APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... manufacturer of evergreen semi-liquid funds and trusted partner to the world's leading private markets asset managers and private banks." The strategy will also be rolled out to EMEA investors.

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... whichever government is sworn in does not stop. "APRA has an important mandate, financial stability and the regulation of the banks, insurers and the super funds and the protection of those interests... And you [are] constantly doing that, but it is ...