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ASIC report a 'solid point of reference' for private credit guardrails

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... example, the report flagged fee structures where managers are using special purpose vehicles to capture net interest margins rather than passing them on to investors, which Frontier says calls into question how much of the actual return is being delivered ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... attack frequency, and gaps in governance. "Many organisations are still approaching cybersecurity as a one-off investment rather than a continuous, evolving discipline," Kukreja warns. "The growing sophistication of cyber threats demands not only more ...

Rest invests $390m in US REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... "Inflation and interest rates are likely to stay higher for longer, which increases the attraction for businesses to rent rather than own real estate. We expect this shift will create more attractive investment opportunities for our members." Bambrook ...

Supply and demand dynamics shift PE secondaries landscape: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... increasingly being supplemented or supplanted by a different picture. "Prolonged GP stewardship of assets is becoming normalised rather than exceptional, whether in continuation vehicles (secondaries) or evergreen-type funds." Morrison said institutional ...

Young people want more from their life insurance: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... events, health and wellness benefits and critical illness coverage. These benefits delivered through a seamless experience rather than clunky disconnected add-ons can enable further adoption. "Life insurers must deliver early, tangible value like monetary ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... applicants disclose a mental health condition. Of the underwriting guidelines reviewed, almost all relied solely on exclusions rather than exploring alternative ways to manage risk, such as higher premiums, limits, or caps, the Life CCC said. This approach ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... investors at that time would have taken out a margin loan and invested in a single share. When you're holding a single share, rather than an entire basket of the world's equities, the volatility or the riskiness of that position is far higher," he says. ...

NGS Super moves to make admin fees more equitable

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... will be some changes to its insurance offering. The main changes will be the deduction of premiums shifting to monthly rather than weekly, and the maximum eligibility age for new TPD cover for most members dropping to 64.

Geopolitical risks to drive infra investments: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... returns are also increasing to 9.6%, up 170bps from 2024. Asia Pacific has the highest net return expectations of 9.8% rather than 9.6% across other localities. The report says this can be credited to a higher number of infra debt investments meeting ...

Aware Super launches new features for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... Travis said. "Aware Super understands that advisers deliver the greatest value when they're engaging with their clients, rather than dealing with paperwork and administrative tasks, so we're striving to make administration as simple, quick and ...