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SMC makes recommendations to safeguard super

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... chair Joe Longo's call for stronger consumer protections, such as cooling off periods to give people the chance to "get a second opinion, have second thoughts." In addition to backing reforms floated by ASIC, SMC also outlined six broader ideas for government ...

Quant investing bounces back post Trump whipsaw

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... leads to choppiness, and that's when this style of trading can hit a setback," she said. Haslinger noted that while the second quarter was poor for trend investing on Trump's policies, it has rebounded quickly. The ECCM Systematic Trend Fund ...

Alexander Funds bolsters Sydney office with new hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
Alexander Funds, the credit income investor, has added a second operative to its Sydney office to boost its distribution team. Oliver Carr joins as a business development associate, reporting to James Curnow, regional manager for NSW, ACT and Queensland. ...

Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
ASIC is taking Interprac Financial Planning to court over its failure to ensure representatives acted in clients' best interests. It's also been accused of lacking adequate risk management systems. The regulator said it was because of "critical ...

Super performance test, DBFO reforms coming: Government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
Speaking at the ASFA Conference 2025, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Assistant Treasurer Daniel Mulino said long-awaited superannuation reforms are on the way. Chalmers said despite pressing issues globally and at home, reforms in the superannuation sector ...

UniSuper commits over $760m to Macquarie AM's infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... structural tailwinds as US utilities invest to expand and harden the electricity grid. "We are also pleased to have signed our second co-investment in Potters Industries... With a defensible market position and clear opportunities for future expansion ...

Sustainable investments jump 49% in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... Investment Review report. Looking at investments allocated to the clean energy sector and the fact that the green economy is the second-fastest growing industry globally, GSIA said that these are "signs that a sustainable economic transition is underway." ...

Largest managers' assets climb 9.4%: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... performance, the report identified that Japan registered a 9.5% decline in AUM for 2024. Similarly, while the UK was the second largest asset management market in 2019, the findings predict it is likely to rank fourth for the next five years, to then ...

Cromwell expands its Australian industrial portfolio

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... said. Cromwell will acquire the portfolio and TPP in the first phase, which is expected to settle by December 2025. The second phase will involve a recapitalisation of the seed portfolio during the financial year. This phase will introduce new capital ...

Hume's super sharing bill lashed in parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... Hume's Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Tackling the Gender Super Gap) Bill 2025 sparked a wave of backlash during its second reading in the Senate this week. The bill, which seeks to allow spouses to split superannuation annually during the accumulation ...