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Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
Private credit fund managers downplay the risks of their products and flout basic disclosures of the state of their investments, ASIC's investigation reveals, fearing they have the potential to harm investors, the sector itself and the broader financial ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
There are many myths about retirement, and one of the most common is that people will run out of money. Even as Australians live longer and many spend up to three decades of their lives retired, the Retirement Income Review (RIR) found the typical retiree ...

ASIC confirms investigation into a Clime fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
... preferred shares, debt securities, income notes, A-REITs and cash. It aims to achieve an annual income of 3% above the RBA cash rate. The TMD shows that the fund has a "natural bias towards the S&P ASX 200 stocks and their associated debt securities ...

Zombie companies on the ASX are dying out

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 31 OCT 2025
New research has revealed a decline in the number of zombie companies on the ASX in the last six months. KPMG Australia's latest data showed a drop of 41% in companies considered zombie, where they exhibit indicators of financial distress for an extended ...

Super moves: Aware Super, Future Fund, ART, AustralianSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
Aware Super has appointed Simon Warner as chief investment officer, replacing outgoing CIO Damian Graham, who announced his intention to step down from the role in May. Warner, who joined Aware Super in 2023 as head of portfolio management, will lead ...

Janus Henderson launches small caps fund in Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2025
Janus Henderson Investors (Janus Henderson) has launched the Janus Henderson Global Smaller Companies Fund in Australia. The new fund will provide Australian investors with access to potential growth opportunities through global smaller company investments. ...

Morningstar DBRS expands into regional Australia

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... outstanding service and nimble approach, particularly in responding to innovative assets and structures. We have the capability to rate over 160 asset classes with our extensive suite of internationally recognised methodologies."

November rate cut likely off the table as inflation lifts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... inflation to the September 2025 quarter was 3.2%, up from 2.1% to the June 2025 quarter. "This is the highest annual inflation rate since the June 2024 quarter when annual inflation was 3.8%," Marquardt said. "Trimmed mean annual inflation was 3% to ...

APRA tackles 'weak demand' for longevity products in second consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
APRA has launched a second round of consultations on the capital framework for longevity products in a bid to tackle the "weak demand" for such products including annuities. The prudential regulator has released several proposals in the next stage of ...

Canadian pension giant sued over alleged climate failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
Four young Canadians are suing the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, claiming the fund breached its duty to invest in their interests by failing to protect their retirement savings from climate risk. The plaintiffs, Aliya Hirji, Travis Olson, Rav ...