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Airlie calls time on Concentrated Share Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... Concentrated Share Fund next week following a review. Magellan Asset Management as responsible entity said: "Given the Fund's small size, which impacts the expense ratio charged to unitholders in the fund, as well as the modest anticipated future ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... problem-solving middle ground." But he also said that he wants to encourage its participants, which will be drawn from a "small and focused" group, to "build broad coalitions on changes that cross the aisle."

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Small industry super funds lead on trust, service, and value for money, according to CoreData's annual member engagement survey. CoreData research consultant Alana Devitt told Financial Standard that members' trust in small industry funds is built through ...

Boutiques wield independence, specialisation over larger managers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... boutiques believe that asset class specialisation is one of their core competitive strengths, while 30% said their focus on a small number of strategies is core to their offering. Nearly a third said their independence is a key advantage of their business ...

Super tax requires a 'holistic' review: ASA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... on super balances that exceed $3 million. ASA chief executive Rachel Waterhouse said despite the measure only affecting a small portion of high-balance accounts, the tax raises "broader concerns". "It risks undermining long-term planning, reducing fairness ...

Evidentia announces two new starters

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... owned by Generation Development Group. At Aware Super, Phillips served as co-portfolio manager of the pension fund's small companies team where he helped develop the strategy's investment philosophy and process. He began his tenure there as an ...

Super funds' private market assets grow to $400bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Superannuation funds had $400 billion invested in private market assets, jumping 34% in the two years to June 2024, Rainmaker Information analysis of APRA data shows. Private real assets, classified as unlisted investments in property and infrastructure ...

Financial Standard names Investment Manager of the Year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... Investment Manager of the Year for the sixth time. Macquarie also won the Australian equities active core, Australian equities small cap, and international equities active core categories for the Macquarie Australian Enhanced Plus Equities Fund, Macquarie ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... SSGA's ETFs aren't thematic products -which generally aren't actively managed and follow an index, tracking small subsets of larger industry classifications - even if competitors like Betashares look to own that space. SSGA's commitment ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
As interest rates continue to fall, small caps are poised to reap from the current macroeconomic backdrop and investors increasing their appetite for more risk, a fund manager says. Janus Henderson portfolio manager Nick Sheridan predicts the tide is ...