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Fixing retirement system an election priority: Grattan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... Commission. "Such a mechanism would ensure new, disengaged members were allocated to a high-performing fund, and provide a benchmark for existing members looking to switch. Every four years, this panel would re-assess applications from funds to make ...

Underperforming managers in China could see pay halved

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2025
... underperformance "sounds bold, but it's a tricky beast for open-ended funds with daily NAVs". If a fund lags its benchmark by, say, 10% over a set period, the manager's paycheck will suffer, he said. To assess performance, over longer timeframes ...

Japanese asset manager enters Australian market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2025
... Global Strategy has achieved a gross return of 12.53% p.a. since inception in April 2015, compared to the MSCI World Benchmark of 9.96% p.a. Cumulative returns since inception amount to 216.10% for the portfolio gross of fees versus 152.28% for the Index. ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
The boards of superannuation trustees, insurers, and banks are on notice, with APRA proposing changes to "strengthen and streamline" governance requirements. The regulator has released eight proposals in what marks the first "significant update" of ...

Praemium names interim CFO

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2025
Praemium appointed a chief financial officer to replace Dave Coulter in the interim. Simon Moore is the temporary finance chief as Praemium searches for permanent replacement. Coulter was in the chief financial officer role from March 2022. Prior to ...

CSC-backed fund manager to launch in Netherlands

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
Former Robeco chief investment officer Victor Verberk has partnered with sustainable fixed income credit manager Osmosis to launch Osmosis Investment Management NL in the Netherlands. The Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation and the Oxford Endowment ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... heightened market concentration and US equity dominance created formidable headwinds, with most managers struggling to meet benchmark returns. The median global active equity manager was left in the dust by the MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI) ...

Advisers grapple with AI, require support: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Nearly one third of financial advisers are currently using artificial intelligence (AI) in their practice at a basic level, but many more say they need education and guidance, a new Investment Trends study finds. Some 27% of advisers that are embracing ...

Solutions to avoid concentration risk: Scientific Beta

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
... in a 'market-focused multi-factor portfolio', which aims to maintain the stock weights aligning with the market cap benchmark in "similar sector and market beta characteristics". The Australian market has long experienced the prolonged domination of ...

ASIC clearing and settlements powers to curb ASX monopoly

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 FEB 2025
In a bid to curb monopolistic practices, ASIC's new powers that mandate the ASX to be more transparent on its fees and services relating to clearing and settlements (CS) will kick in three months from now. Under the ASIC CS Services Rules 2025 ...