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SMC calls for greater protections against financial abuse of older Australians

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... Australians are increasingly at risk of financial abuse, citing coercive control, exploitation and systemic gaps in protection as active threats against their retirement savings from those closest to them. SMC's submission calls for stronger, trauma-informed ...

Retirees unfairly targeted by tax: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... receiving the Age Pension are often subjected to higher marginal tax rates of 60% to 80%, disincentivising them from being more active in the workforce, new research from HESTA suggests. The research said in some extreme cases, these rates can even surpass ...

Partners Group launches royalties fund for local investors

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... hedge," said Jonathan Abraham, head of private wealth Australia at the private equity firm. Partners Group has been an active investor in royalties, making 15 investments in the last year. The fund's strategy will focus on lending against royalties as ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... an idea for having a moderately geared, very diversified exposure, came from a Betashares investor who is actually very active on a Reddit chat. And he reached out and said, 'why don't you consider doing this?'," Betashares senior investment strategist ...

ART invests $1bn in Macquarie fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... and Climate Opportunities Fund (MGECO). MGECO includes Australian and international assets, such as Aula Energy which has active projects in Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia, headlined by the Boulder Creek Wind Farm near Rockhampton. ...

Conscious IM delivers affordable housing solutions

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
Conscious Investment Management (CIM) has partnered with one of Australia's most experienced affordable housing providers, St George Community Housing (SGCH), to acquire 102 dwellings in Box Hill, Victoria. The properties are being delivered as affordable ...

Super funds break records, inactive accounts balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... 364,750. MLC Super, AMP Super and Mercer Super Trust have $18.3 billion, $16.6 billion and $14.8 billion respectively in active accounts - the highest among the retail super funds. In the 12 months to June, total superannuation assets rose nearly 10% ...

Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... an underperformance rate of 71% for the half year, which was worse than the long-term average of 59%. The analysis found active global equity managers that maintained an underweight position in the US should have performed well, as the S&P World Ex-US ...

Future Fund achieves 12.2% in FY25, tops other instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... Arndt said activity in the portfolio totalled $90 billion and touched on all sectors as the investment teams sought more active returns, regional diversification, and enhanced liquidity and flexibility. "There were consequential changes in the trading ...

Samuel Terry bids for Eildon again

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... a 13.4% premium to the last close price on August 29. Samuel Terry is the trustee for the Samuel Terry Absolute Return Active Fund, which has $1 billion in assets under management. The fund invests in local and international debt and equity securities ...