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YFYS manipulation leaves members worse off: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
... the best and worst performing MySuper products. In its YFYS review submission, ISA stated that in the lead up to the first round of performance tests, 35 MySuper products revised their historical strategic asset allocation benchmarks, with most reducing ...

Aussie income equities fare well amid turmoil

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 NOV 2022
Australian income equities were the top performing asset class in the 12 months to September end. Analysis by Rainmaker Information shows that while global market turmoil impacted all sectors, Australian income equities fared best with a median return ...

Experts weigh in on Brookfield bid for Origin

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 11 NOV 2022
Super funds and other shareholders could be in a position for a second time this year to approve a proposal to privatise an electricity provider, as Brookfield and MidOcean Energy bid to take over Origin Energy. Brookfield and MidOcean, an LNG company ...

Super education is professional development: ART

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
Learning about superannuation should be considered a part of an employee's professional development, according to Australian Retirement Trust members. The super fund recently held a roundtable with some of its employers and found many believe super ...

Super funds, sovereign investors back $1bn VC fund

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 NOV 2022
... concluded. This fund comes exactly a decade after Blackbird's inaugural fund which invested in, among other things, the first round for Canva.

Frontier promotes three

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2022
Frontier's latest round of promotions was good news for three staff waiting to be named either principal consultant or consultant. Harry Green has been elevated to the role of principal consultant. He joined Frontier in 2021 from LCP in the UK. ...

CEFC, Grok Ventures back solar tech firm

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 13 OCT 2022
... cut costs and increase efficiency of solar panels. The CEFC and Main Sequence Ventures led SunDrive's $21 million Series A round along with Grok Ventures and Blackbird Ventures. The CEFC committed $7 million through its Innovation Fund, managed by Virescent ...

Mirae Asset grows Australian alternatives team

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2022
... Asset reported $2.5 billion in funds under management for its venture capital capability. In August it led a US$250 million round into Elon Musk's SpaceX and said other Australian venture capital investments include web3 platforms Immutable X and Animoca ...

First Super: Merger pressure fizzles out

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2022
The blind rush to consolidate that gripped the $3.4 trillion superannuation sector in recent times may be finally over, according to First Super chief executive Bill Watson. Instead of seeing big funds gobbling up smaller rivals, Watson expects more ...

VC sector risks running cold

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... funds have also recently provisioned for lower valuations ahead of any external pricing event in anticipation of some down-round valuations within their portfolio," he said. Meanwhile, HLB Mann Judd partner, corporate advisory Nicholas Guest says Australia's ...