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Vanguard Super leads in organic growth: KPMG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... management (AUM) and membership, according to a KPMG report. CareSuper technically had the highest growth in AUM and membership, though this was primarily driven by its recent merger with Spirit Super. The report also highlighted the continued expansion ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... controls in manager selection. This has been done so that CFS's managers have greater alignment with the benchmark, though that's not to say that they're benchmark hugging. "One of the aspects we found has helped us as the market became more ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Frontier Advisors has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Darwis as an associate in the firm's real assets team. Darwis brings research and consulting experience in the property sector and joins Frontier from PPC Urban, where she carried out ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... sense, he just wants to pull up the drawbridge and make America essentially autarchic. But there's one thing to be said, though, and that is even the Trump administration is not immune to market forces." White added this was evident in Trump's ...

Former financial adviser charged in alleged $160k super fraud case

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... for Alpha Investment Management from April 2014 to March 2016. During this period, he was licensed to advise on SMSFs, though restricted from providing advice on limited recourse borrowing arrangements or setting up SMSFs. His financial adviser status ...

Alternative real estate investment manager launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
... private credit. Zagga chief executive Alan Greenstein reported "strong demand" from investors across the ASEAN region, though noted that many are yet to discover the company's offerings. To mitigate this, the company is "expanding its footprint to make ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Future Fund delivered a 7.9% return for the year to March 31, topping its annual target; though its quarterly performance undershot the benchmark. The sovereign wealth fund returned 1.2% for the March quarter, below the 1.9% target. However, over ...

ASIC cancels licence of Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... segregation. The receivers are currently seeking court approval for a methodology to distribute the funds back to investors, though distributions aren't expected until later this year. The company also operated through related entities in the US, UK ...

Platinum merger no cure for active managers' challenges

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... duplicate costs, he said. He also flagged potential cross-selling benefits from a larger combined distribution network, though this is "difficult to quantify" given potential product overlaps and Platinum's underperformance. "L1 Capital and Platinum ...

The top Australian small-cap fund, year after year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... in previous cycles. "The key thing is, we've been able to invest in all of them, and got on to them early," he said. Though generating strong returns isn't about just picking the right stocks - it's about backing them with conviction, he ...