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Classic 60/40 approach underdelivers for women retirees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... disadvantage," Cui said. Typically, women retire with about 25% less in superannuation than men. This, and the fact they have lower ongoing benefits puts greater pressure on their portfolios and increases the risk of running out of money. MCFS deputy ...

Fortitude launches Small Cap PE Fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
Fortitude Investment Partners has launched a Small Cap PE Fund, targeting lower mid-market opportunities in private equity. The evergreen fund will invest in deal flows in health, digitalisation and technology, energy transition and food and beverage. ...

Instos continue to bite on risk: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2025
State Street Markets' latest research indicates institutional investors are overweight on risk and appear to be content with that position. The State Street Risk Appetite Index for September remained positive, continuing a five-month streak of upbeat ...

Controversial US policy to benefit Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... increase sales to China, capturing some of the demand lost from US trade," EY said. "In addition, Australia's US tariffs are lower than other regions, resulting in an improvement in the relative price competitiveness of some Australian goods in the US ...

HESTA hits $100bn in assets

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... recently announced investment fee reductions across its top four ready-made super options in the last financial year and a lower minimum balance for accessing Income Stream products. The default MySuper Balanced Growth option saw investment fees reduce ...

Retail investors want true hedge fund exposure: Morningstar

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... and financial adviser-led investors, who demand exposures to hedge funds, continue to face substantial hurdles and receive lower returns from similar strategies, according to Morningstar. Retail investors see that hedge funds can truly diversify their ...

Aware Super, TelstraSuper advance merger plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2025
... TelstraSuper chief executive Chris Davies said joining Aware Super will lead to more scale "which provides the potential for lower fees, access to more investment opportunities, as well as more efficient operations". "Your super stays well-managed, just ...

Clime gains ground on culture, business model reset

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
Not done with pulling Clime Investment Management out of the red, managing director Michael Baragwanath's bold plans to turn the ship around entail a product and culture overhaul, and even giving away his short-term incentives (STI) to staff. After ...

Australia dominates APAC real estate private credit raisings

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 3 OCT 2025
... the most attractive markets not only in APAC, but globally. "While core investment properties remain very well banked at a lower leverage, a significant opportunity exists for private credit lenders to step in where traditional financing is less competitive ...

Aware Super launches digital advice tool for retirees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2025
Aware Super has launched a new digital advice solution to help members with retirement planning. The tool, named Retirement Manager, was designed in conjunction with Bravura Solutions. Aware Super said members can use the tool to determine how much ...