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Large-cap equity funds continue underperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
Large-cap active equity fund managers turned in their second-worst year of underperformance as 77% failed to beat their benchmark, the latest SPIVA study shows. Aussie large-cap managers suffered their worst-performing period in 2023 - not since 2018 ...

Long-term cost of super early release to be $85bn: SMC

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAR 2024
Australian taxpayers may face an $85 billion bill due to the COVID-era Early Release of Super scheme, according to a new analysis by the Super Members Council (SMC). Using the Superannuation, Pensions, and other Retirement OUTcomes (SPROUT) model, the ...

Bloom Impact, MSC pulled up for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  THURSDAY, 29 FEB 2024
The now-defunct app-led climate impact fund is the latest entity to cop a fine for greenwashing from the regulator. Melbourne Securities Corporation (MSC) has paid $13,320 to comply with an ASIC infringement notice relating to allegations of misleading ...

Risk, compliance staff in hot demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2024
With regulatory demands showing no signs of slowing in 2024, experienced risk and compliance professionals remain hot property. According to Kaizen Recruitment director Amanda Chisholm, factors like RG97, the Financial Accountability Regime, regulators' ...

JANA wins another NFP mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 JAN 2024
Investment consultant JANA has scored a mandate from a charitable organisation that is the steward of some $1.6 billion in assets. Uniting Financial Services (UFS), the lending and investment arm of the Uniting Church Synod of New South Wales and the ...

Balanced portfolios to reap rewards in 2024: UBS

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 9 JAN 2024
According to UBS' latest Family Office Quarterly Report, investors who keep a diversified multi-asset portfolio as a core investment strategy are most likely to successfully protect and grow real wealth over the year. The report, written by UBS chief ...

ASIC, APRA slam premium hikes

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
Life insurers are underhandedly hiking premiums in a way that is misleading and fails to explain why they are rising, according to APRA and ASIC, warning that they will take regulatory action if practices do not improve. The regulators have reprimanded ...

Caddick SMSF clients should recoup all funds: Lawyer

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 DEC 2023
While there are good indications that Melissa Caddick's victims will recoup most of their funds, the lawyer spearheading the latest class action believes that SMSF clients should get all their money back. Michael Chapman, a director at Melbourne-based ...

Commercial property likely to recover in 2024: Insights

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 DEC 2023
The worst is behind us, according to a report from Knight Frank, which eyes the prospect of a recovery in the commercial property market. Revealing its top predictions for the sector for 2024, Knight Frank said an improved vintage will ensure a year ...

Spatium Capital selects trustee, administrator for small caps fund

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 28 NOV 2023
Melbourne-based Spatium Capital has named True Oak as its trustee and the ASCENT Group as the administrator of its small companies fund. True Oak and the ASCENT Group are expected to oversee the Spatium Capital Small Companies Fund (SSCF) from early ...