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UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Actively managed emerging market strategies outperformed other assets classes, according to new Rainmaker Information research, with funds from UBS and RQI Investors leading the pack. Emerging market funds delivered 21.1% p.a. in the 12 months to September ...

Royal London AM launches four new funds locally

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Royal London Asset Management has announced the launch of four new funds for Australian investors, with Equity Trustees as responsible entity. Royal London Asset Management manages $378 billion for clients in the UK and select international locations ...

Aware Real Estate, Barings acquire Home HQ Artarmon

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Aware Super's real estate branch, Aware Real Estate, and Barings have acquired the retail shopping centre Home HQ Artarmon. The property was purchased from a fund managed by Growthpoint Properties Australia for $180.1 million, with each taking a 50% ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
In the book The Lucky Country, the late author Donald Horne provides a piercing assessment of Australia in 1964, stating that its prosperity is derived from good fortune rather than industriousness or ambition. He ruminated about the future challenges ...

New funds distribution firm launches

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
Australian funds distribution firm Continental Funds Group (Continental) has announced its formal launch to the domestic wholesale and institutional investment market. Led by founder and managing director Angus Coote and three experienced distribution ...

Australia's gender pay gap narrows: WGEA reports

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
The Workplace Gender Equality Agency has released the latest Australia's Gender Equality Scorecard. Spanning the past 12 months, the employer census revealed that the national gender pay gap has dropped by 0.7 percentage points (pp) to 21.1%, from 21.8% ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
The government has opened consultation to combat financial abuse in families perpetrated through coerced directorships. The consultation paper by the Treasury noted that financial abusers can exploit loopholes in tax and corporate systems, weaponising ...

Superannuation assets jump to $4.5tn: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
Members' superannuation savings climbed 9.4% in the year to September to $4.5 trillion, new APRA data shows, spearheaded by the industry funds dominating the asset pool. Industry super funds' assets under management (AUM) grew by 13% annually ...

Assembly Funds Management reopens second retail fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2025
Over a year since the second close of the fund, the Lowy family-backed Assembly Funds Management (AFM) has once again reopened the Australian Diversified Property Fund 2 (ADPF2), with 65% now invested across the living, retail and office sectors. The ...

Hostplus snares LGT Wealth deputy CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2025
The deputy chief investment officer of LGT Wealth Management has joined the investments team at Hostplus, the $140 billion superannuation fund. Kevin Wan Lum has taken up the post of executive manager of investment research - a critical role given that ...