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REITs see best start versus equities in a decade: Principal AM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... harder to predict, given the pace and unpredictability of the Trump administration's trade policy changes. The worst-case scenario is that tariff-induced inflation could lead to US stagflation. He said rising yields and slowing growth would be a ...

ASIC loses Block Earner case

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 APR 2025
... reintroduce it, despite the ruling confirming it was not a regulated financial product of the kind alleged by ASIC. "This case highlights the importance of ensuring regulations evolve alongside technology. Without modernised guidance, Australia risks ...

Spender criticises Labor's 'lack of urgency' on advice reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... there for a good reason; to compensate losses incurred by clients of poor financial advice. "However, this is the textbook case of moral hazard that has ballooning costs and disproportionately affects small and independent firms." Spender said she has ...

Div 296 must proceed to strengthen 'fairness' in superannuation: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 APR 2025
... bad policy". "I have worked across the parliament, with the Senate, particularly on the unrealised gains tax to make the case for how much damage it would do," Spender said. "And so far, so good, we have been successful in stopping it, and I will do ...

Shield Master Fund terminated, new receivers for Keystone Asset Management

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2025
... The troubled SMF was terminated on April 10 after the new receiver, Alvarez & Marsal, the third liquidator to take over the case in eight months, determined this was in the best interests of unitholders. "KAM is in liquidation, no suitable replacement ...

Paying more fees doesn't speed up superannuation death benefit payouts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
Paying higher superannuation fees doesn't equate to getting death benefits paid out faster, according to research by Super Consumers Australia (SCA). In the wake of a review by ASIC into death benefit claims handling practices of superannuation trustees ...

Regal writes off Opthea, FUM takes 8% hit

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... disclosed, termination can be triggered by a range of events, including, among other things, Opthea's insolvency, in which case Opthea will be obligated to pay a multiple of the amounts funded by the DFA Investors," Opthea said. Opthea estimated it had ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... tax-a consumption tax-on the US consumer. So, our probabilities of a recession have been upgraded." Pearce said the worst-case scenario would be a drawn-out battle over the tariffs, where countries like China or those in Europe refuse to go to the negotiating ...

Which fund managers are making the most from investor fees?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... investment manager, and funds where it's the responsible entity and product issuer, but not the investment manager. "In this case, Insignia outsources the majority of the underlying investment management to service providers, and a large proportion of ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
... you've got to accept that there are 10 boxes to tick and it will never have a 10 out of 10 over it... That's the case with founder-led companies and WiseTech is not the only example of poor governance." Meanwhile, Sawtell-Rickson said political ...