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Future Fund veteran takes on new gig

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
Future Fund emerging markets lead has taken up a new role at Australia's sovereign wealth fund. Industry heavyweight Craig Thorburn - who has been with the fund for almost two decades - has been appointed director of thought leadership. While leading ...

Insignia Financial trims $5bn off FUM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... ($94.2bn). The Wrap business' assets were down 1.4% due to negative market movements and $608 million in pension payments, though partially offset by net inflows of $393 million. The MLC Expand Advised products saw close to $500 million in net inflows ...

Coalition targets 'ambitious' goal of 30k advisers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
... its ambitious target of 30,000 advisers. A numerical target for rebuilding adviser numbers is a helpful signal of intent, though this must be matched by action that makes the profession more viable and attractive to new entrants. "We continue to advocate ...

AustralianSuper says cyberattack losses total $750k

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... had occurred. Australian Retirement Trust has not provided an update since the cyberattack was made public on April 7 - though at the time the fund said it had not identified any suspicious transactions. Speaking at an industry event, ASFA chief executive ...

Northern Trust survey reveals what's testing asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
... predict, macroeconomic factors, including interest rate changes were most pressing. Geopolitical instability ranked second, though it was cited less frequently by respondents from APAC. Risks from domestic political instability followed. Climate change ...

Cbus plays it steady amid rocky start to the year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2025
... where it's currently underweight and sees capacity to deploy. Meanwhile, Gavin is "just a little bit sanguine on markets," though certainly not exiting equities in any wholesale measures. Why? He noted the S&P 500 delivered a 25% return last year, and ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
The ASX 200 shed more than $100 billion in a single session yesterday as markets were rocked by US President Donald Trump's newly imposed tariffs. H&R Block director of tax communications Mark Chapman said the volatility will be felt for a long time. ...

Super fund growth: The winners and losers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... smaller asset bases. HUB24 and Netwealth also featured, benefiting from strong flows, but off a more substantial asset base. Though not every fund was able to keep up the industry's strong growth in FY2024. The report noted that Resolution, Bendigo ...

The super fund scouring the dark web to protect members

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
A compromised identity could result in financial harm, including the loss of superannuation savings, a particularly prominent risk given the volume of members' personal data available for sale. This super fund is fighting back with a novel approach. ...

Investors called on to help end modern slavery

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2025
... geographic and geopolitical environment is clearly, at the moment, truly challenging and will increase business risk. I think, though, in this space, we can take comfort and establish a long-term commitment to drive forced labour and modern slavery from ...