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Funds SA pushes for efficiencies with AI targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... there are strict guardrails in place to ensure risks are being managed. "When you're putting your own data into that environment you want to make sure that it gets ringfenced and is appropriately controlled. And the risk of hallucinations is huge, too," ...

Adviser banned for UGC, Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Gold Coast-based financial adviser Andrew Rankin has been banned for four years for failing to act in clients' best interests by pushing them to invest in the Global Capital Property Fund (GCPF) and Pivotal Diversified Fund. The banning took effect ...

Ares launches wholesale infrastructure fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
Ares Management has launched the Ares Core Infrastructure Fund (AUT), an Australian-domiciled unit trust designed to provide wholesale and advised retail clients access to Ares Core Infrastructure Fund (ACI). ACI is a private infrastructure investment ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... much more at the moment, given we are in this kind of economy which continues to chug along quite nicely." In this environment, Murfin likes the look of options, which "lend themselves very well to credit spreads." "The third thing we like are inflation ...

PE firm sells CyberCX to Accenture

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 AUG 2025
Accenture will acquire trans-Tasman cyber security firm CyberCX from private equity firm BGH Capital. Founded in Melbourne in 2019, CyberCX has about 1400 employees and provides consulting, transformation and managed security services, as well as offensive ...

ASIC calls out super 'leaders and laggards'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... member satisfaction and retention. "So members stay invested with trustees who invest in them," Constant said. "In an environment where super funds are generally getting bigger and maximising economies of scale, it's an important reminder that bigger ...

Cbus appoints head of strategy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... "Jessica brings a strong pedigree in infrastructure, property and private markets activity working in a listed equities environment and prior to this, in funds management," said Cbus in a statement. She will report directly to chief investment officer ...

Sharesies adds private equity solutions

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... more meaningfully with investors. Shareholders will be able to view and interact with their holdings in a transparent environment, it added. "A company's registry isn't just a list; it's the bridge between a business and its most important ...

Geopolitics, private credit force insurers to 'shift gears': Janus Henderson

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
Due to a rapidly evolving investment landscape, Janus Henderson Investors said Australian insurers are increasingly reviewing their long-term investment strategies, emphasising dynamic risk management and changing priorities in the face of uncertainty. ...

Metrics hires for newly created role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025
Metrics Credit Partners has welcomed a head of impact investments, hiring a Mercer veteran. Rebecca Mather has joined Metrics in the newly created role, having previously spent more than 25 years at Mercer. She was most recently Asia Pacific and IMEA ...