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Netwealth chair to retire, successor appointed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Netwealth chair Tim Antonie, who's served as chair of the wealth management platform since February 2021, will retire from the board at the end of August. Antonie's successor is a former Future Fund board member who was appointed as an independent non-executive ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
The life insurance industry appears to have moved past its loss-making years, reporting a $332 million profit at the end of March, new APRA figures show. About $5.7 billion was generated in insurance revenue, marking a 3% rise from the December 2024 ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
In the UK, there are 86 local government pension schemes (LGPS) and more than a dozen multi-employer defined contribution pension funds that collectively manage $822 billion (£392bn) in assets. The ruling Labour Party's Treasury wants to consolidate ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The country's financial services regulator unveils its 'capacity building' plans as sustainability reporting becomes a mandatory requirement for small to large Australian businesses - but it was its passing update on greenwashing as an enforcement ...

BlackRock to list its first active ETF in Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
BlackRock Australia is set to launch its first local active ETF, bringing a US equities strategy. The iShares US Factor Rotation Active ETF (ASX: IACT), expected to list on the ASX in mid-June, is priced at 0.45%. It aims to outperform the broad US ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
APRA's quarterly superannuation statistics have lifted the lid on the ongoing battle for Australia's retirement assets; industry funds charged forward, retail funds made gains without breaking into a sprint, while corporate funds retreated further. ...

COVID 'masked' issues at core of productivity problem: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic led to a "productivity bubble", in which measured labour productivity rose to a record high between January 2020 and March 2022 before returning to pre-pandemic levels in June 2023, the Productivity Commission (PC) has revealed. ...

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
La Trobe Financial, the Brookfield-owned alternative asset manager with $20 billion in assets under management, has launched its first fund on the ASX. The IPO seeks to raise between $100 million and $300 million, with units priced at $2.00. La Trobe ...

Age-based super strategies could add thousands to retirement savings

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Australians in default investment options could collectively be $46 billion better off with age-based personalised strategies, according to analysis from Russell Investments. Russell Investments, the operator of the Russell Investments Master Trust ...

Super funds back $9.6bn homegrown platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Australian superannuation funds Hostplus and NGS Super, among other major investors, have contributed to a US$300 million ($466 million) capital raise for a Melbourne-found global financial platform. The two super funds were some of the lead investors ...