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FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... seen, and I feel that with technology, you have to have the right people involved who can actually work with technology." Trade-offs Next to performance, super funds are adept at spruiking low administration fees, made possible by economies of scale. ...

Insignia Financial posts strong quarter

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 OCT 2025
Insignia Financial delivered a strong first quarter for FY26, with funds under management and administration now exceeding $340 billion. Over the period, the business saw total net inflows of $1.0 billion, driven by $1.3 billion of net inflows into ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... positive note, it is also driven by increased confidence after receiving advice, especially among members who understand the trade-offs between risk and return." The risk zone Jason Teh, chief investment officer at Vertium Asset Management, warns of ...

APAC insurers favour multi-alternatives strategies: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
Life insurers across the Asia Pacific are favouring multi-alternatives strategies as their top asset class as it offers a more efficient path to portfolio diversification across private assets, new research suggests. BlackRock's 2025 Global Insurance ...

'We have entered a new economic era': CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... likelihood of future shocks. "The current US-China frictions are a case in point. China and the US aren't negotiating a typical trade deal; they are flexing their economic and strategic muscle as part of a contest for long-term supremacy," he said. On ...

ETF Shares flees Cboe for better 'connectivity'

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
... across trading platforms and investment channels. Under the current Australian exchange rules, ASX-listed ETFs automatically trade on Cboe, but it does not apply in reverse, ETF Shares said. The ETFS US Quality ETF (BEST), ETFS Magnificent 7+ ETF (HUGE) ...

Qualitas co-founder trades in equity for $53m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2025
Qualitas group managing director Andrew Schwartz is offloading 15.1 million shares in the company he co-founded to rake in about $52.9 million. Schwartz is selling about 5% of his total stake to an unnamed large global listed equities manager. He told ...

Vanguard partners to launch core-satellite portfolios for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
Financial advisers will be able to access the combination of Vanguard's expertise in global index portfolio construction and Lonsec Investment Solutions investment management experience through a new core-satellite model portfolio offering. The Vanguard ...

BlackRock looks to add Bitcoin ETF to local suite

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 OCT 2025
... convenience. "And also, liquidity; it's tradable. An investor doesn't need to go through a crypto-focused exchange to trade. Many investors may be unfamiliar with those exchanges and may be concerned about how they're regulated." While there ...

New 100% tariffs on China: Another TACO moment?

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2025
... Chinese exports have not altered the Communist Party behaviour one iota. Not at all," he said. "We saw Chinese exports and trade surplus at a record high. As much as tariffs are good for raising revenue and stabilising the fiscal situation, in terms ...