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Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... reflects its commitment to providing advisers with a comprehensive, purpose-built managed account capability, combining index-based, actively managed, and bespoke portfolio solutions with practice support, technology, and client engagement tools. Spittle ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... above their long-run average with a lot of firms identifying a difficulty in sourcing labour. According to the Wage Price Index, wage growth has eased but broader measures indicate strong growth and high unit labour costs, it said. Looking at domestic ...

Prime Super awards fixed income mandate

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... invest in the MFS Global Aggregate Core Plus Fixed Income strategy, which seeks to outperform the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Index hedged to the AUD, blending risks across global credit, rates, and FX markets to select top government and credit bonds. ...

VanEck launches fixed-rate subordinated debt ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... their rate exposure. VanEck said that in the interest rate environment of 2019, most issuance was floating. As a result, the index SUBD tracked only included floating-rate notes. "However, as the interest rate environment normalised, investor demand ...

Datt Capital opens small cap fund to retail investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... companies that can compound value and potentially graduate into larger indices over time, rather than holding the entire index today," Datt said. Since its inception, the strategy has delivered 34.61% annualised net returns, equating to an 85.89% net ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... September, Rainmaker's analysis of wholesale funds showed. Despite strong performance, the sector underperformed the market index of 23.7% p.a. by 2.6 percentage points. Nonetheless, it beat the returns of Australian small cap equities (20.1% p.a.) ...

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

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... options that allow members to adjust when life happens," the report said. Meanwhile, the Brighter Super Ready for Retirement Index (RRI) rose to 58 points in 2025, up from 53 in 2024. Of which, Brighter Super members outperformed the national average ...

MSCI launches index combining public and private equity investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
MSCI has launched the MSCI All Country Public + Private Equity Index, combining publicly traded stocks and private equity investments into a single coherent benchmark. As private markets gain traction among investors, private equity is increasingly ...

First Sentier adds second active ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... market, First Sentier Investors said. XX20 is a portfolio of 20 to 50 companies and traces the S&P/ASX 300 Ex S&P/ASX 20 Index, incurring management fees of 0.75% per annum. Performance fees also apply, with 15% of the fund's outperformance plus a hurdle ...

Tyndall Asset Management calls time

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... flagship wholesale fund has about $230 million in assets under management. It aims to outperform the S&P/ASX 200 Accumulation Index by more than 2.5% p.a. over rolling five-year periods. In the past year, it has returned 12.5%. The small-caps fund has ...