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State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) is the largest asset management firm in Australia by locally sourced assets under management (AUM) - by some margin - though few realise. With nearly $500 billion in local assets under its watch, mostly via institutional ...

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 ...

AIOFP, FAAA encouraged by first meeting with Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
Following their inaugural meeting with new financial services minister Daniel Mulino, the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) and Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) feel enthused about the impact he will have ...

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Stamford Capital's Debt Capital Markets survey has revealed that lenders are uneasy about the size and practices of Australia's private credit market. The survey gauged the sentiment of 100 major banks, non-banks, and second-tier banks. Stamford Capital ...

Top companies, chief executives ranked by fund managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
Extel, formerly Institutional Investor Research, has unveiled its inaugural executive survey, spotlighting Australia and New Zealand's top-ranked companies and chief executives. The survey gathered feedback from over 250 investors, fund managers ...

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country's top suppliers of lumber and logs. Via the Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has invested in Tavico Group. It is the fourth investment made by the fund ...

Islamic finance industry association established

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... Talal Yassine, managing director of Salaam (formerly Crescent Wealth). Worldwide, the Islamic finance sector is expected to top $4 trillion by 2026. The foundation members of the association are Salaam, Islamic Co-operative Finance Australia, Ijarah ...

Stakeholders ask ASIC for tougher private markets regulation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
ASIC is facing growing pressure to up the ante on regulating private markets, particularly private credit, as key stakeholders fear offerings are becoming increasingly accessible to retail investors. In response to the inaugural discussion paper that ...

Retirement confidence highest since 2020: SSGA

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
Despite persisting cost-of-living pressures, economic uncertainty, and heightened retirement costs, retirement confidence has increased from 24% in 2023 to 33% in 2025. Australia now sits just behind the US (34%) as one of the most optimistic countries ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
The life insurance industry appears to have moved past its loss-making years, reporting a $332 million profit at the end of March, new APRA figures show. About $5.7 billion was generated in insurance revenue, marking a 3% rise from the December 2024 ...