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Morningstar moves to pay-for-play model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Morningstar will offer issuer-initiated ratings in Australia starting June 2026, under which fund managers and financial product issuers will pay a fee to the research house for a rating. Morningstar said this is consistent with the prevailing market ...

MSCI launches index combining public and private equity investments

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
MSCI has launched the MSCI All Country Public + Private Equity Index, combining publicly traded stocks and private equity investments into a single coherent benchmark. As private markets gain traction among investors, private equity is increasingly ...

ASIC eyeing advisers recommending private credit funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland has told an industry event that the regulator is keeping an eye on the private credit sector, with increased surveillance continuing in 2026. "On the retail side, this surveillance will look at disclosures of fees and ...

T. Rowe Price appoints head of institutional distribution

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
Global asset manager T. Rowe Price has promoted Cassandra Crowe to head of institutional distribution for Australia and New Zealand, in addition to her role as head of consultant relations for the Asia Pacific region. The expanded role is effective ...

Super funds most relied upon for advice: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
Australians continue to seek advice from their super funds but struggle to know exactly when they can retire, an MFS Investment Management survey found. The 2025 MFS Global Retirement Survey - studying some 1000 participants across Australia, Canada ...

Zagga raises $65m for Sydney real estate development

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Zagga, a real estate private credit investment manager, has secured $65 million through an oversubscribed corporate note arranged by FIIG Securities. Zagga will allocate the funds to mid-market residential development projects along Australia's ...

Comfortable retirement requires $432k in super: SCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Super Consumers Australia (SCA) states that a financially comfortable retirement requires $432,000 in superannuation for couples and $322,000 for singles who are homeowners. SCA's modelling, which is based on Australians owning their homes outright ...

Fidelity launches research-driven global equities fund

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Fidelity International has launched a research-driven equities strategy, the Fidelity Research Global Equities Fund, giving investors access to its analysts' best stock picks. The fund is a repurposing of the Fidelity Global Demographics Fund, with ...

Royal London AM launches four new funds locally

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
Royal London Asset Management has announced the launch of four new funds for Australian investors, with Equity Trustees as responsible entity. Royal London Asset Management manages $378 billion for clients in the UK and select international locations ...

Aware Real Estate, Barings acquire Home HQ Artarmon

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
Aware Super's real estate branch, Aware Real Estate, and Barings have acquired the retail shopping centre Home HQ Artarmon. The property was purchased from a fund managed by Growthpoint Properties Australia for $180.1 million, with each taking a 50% ...