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Japan's first digital investment platform for private assets goes live

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... regulation," Keyaki Capital said. "This creates constraints on the supply side, making marinas more scarce." Keyaki Capital said it plans to add additional private capital funds to the platform, including private equity, private credit, real estate ...

NGS Super to launch lifetime income product

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... aged over 60 to track factors driving retirement happiness, highlighted that pre-retirees are struggling to make retirement plans due to the rising cost-of-living and financial uncertainty. Retirees reported higher scores of happiness (70), compared ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... needs to be the focus of tax discussions going forward." Meantime, the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) said Labor's plans to guarantee all low-deposit home loans for first home buyers could increase financial risk to the economy. ICA said lenders' ...

Future Group positions super offerings for growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2025
As part of Future Group's broader plans to scale, Future Super and Verve Super are set to be merged into the Smart Future Trust, giving members of each a completely new menu of investment options for less. From May 23, the Future Super Fund, including ...

AllianzGI appoints public and private markets lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... firm's head of investments, Deborah Zurkow, who announced her retirement in February, At the time, AllianzGI said succession plans would see public markets and private markets investment responsibilities separated. The firm said dividing the role ...

Australian Ethical hires ESG heavyweight

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... influence. "Australian Ethical has tripled its assets in the last three years, and Dan will play a pivotal role in our growth plans moving forward," Woods said. Simpson added: "As a passionate proponent of ethical and impact investing, I'm thrilled ...

US pension funds haemorrhage US$249bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... "A reduction in cash flow would be a particular concern for pension funds with high retiree-to-active member ratios e.g., plans with high benefit payment outflows), and pension funds with low funded status levels."

ASIC asks for input on reportable situations, IDR dashboards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
The corporate regulator plans to introduce two interactive dashboards that would track firm-level reportable situations and internal dispute resolution (IDR) data to push financial firms to lift their game. ASIC is consulting on plans to publish dashboards ...

Trump backflips on tariffs but risks remain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... of the cost pressures that will face in the months ahead - which will lead to a curtailment in both investment and hiring plans. "It's the uncertainty with regard to eventual tariff levels that is likely even worse for economic growth than the actual ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... opportunities. But so far, the fund has made few changes. Internalisation Cbus manages about 36% of its portfolio internally, with plans to lift that figure to around 50% by 2028. Reaching that number will require the fund to build out new strategies ...