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Pinnacle continues North America expansion with new recruit

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... business model offers high quality investment boutiques the scale and support typically beyond the reach of standalone or start-up firms," Flegg said. "Each of the 18 affiliates under the Pinnacle umbrella today were hand-picked for their investment ...

MA Financial gives $200m to legal finance platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
MA Financial Group is providing a $200 million warehouse facility to JustFund to provide wider access to legal assistance for those going through divorce or separation. JustFund offers flexible finance based on a person's "likely relationship settlement" ...

ART inks mandate with Zurich

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
Zurich Australia is set to take on a major mandate from Australian Retirement Trust (ART) to provide insurance for its Super Savings members. ART confirmed it has entered final contract negotiations with Zurich to take over the group insurance mandate ...

Superannuation is Australia's 'productivity engine': ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... Roundtable. "The productivity challenge is not unique to Australia, but Australia has a unique national asset that gives us a head start in tackling it - our multi-trillion-dollar superannuation system," Delahunty said. "Ensuring we have the right settings ...

TelstraSuper Balanced option makes 9.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... five- and 10-year returns, this works out to be 9.4% p.a., 8.3% p.a. and 7.2% p.a. "While funds built momentum over the start of the year, the second half of the year has been a rollercoaster for members' returns. In the first seven months to 31 January ...

Instos turn to risk as volatility lessens: State Street

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... stood at a high level of +0.36 at the end of June, with exposure to stocks increasing by 0.7% and currently stands above the start of year level, State Street Markets said. The increase in allocation has been mainly funded by lower allocation to cash ...

L1 Capital, Platinum seal merger deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
The two parties have entered a merger implementation deed, with the Platinum name to be retired from the entity and the newly created 'MergeCo' to be listed under a new ticker code. As previously disclosed, under the deal Platinum will acquire ...

Prime Value expands microcap fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 7 JUL 2025
... are likely to rebound strongly. It will come quickly. But investors need to be invested first to benefit - once microcaps start running it's generally too late to get in." Ivers added that microcap stocks provide ongoing opportunity to exploit an inefficient ...

Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025
The two retail superannuation funds delivered strong returns for members, but it was the low-cost, indexed-based strategy that outmuscled the other. Vanguard Super returned 13.5% p.a. for 2025 financial year for members aged 47 and under. Since its ...

Movers and shakers: Cbus, HESTA, Rest, Minderoo and Colonial First State

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2025
Cbus Super has farewelled Divya Jain who has joined Rest Super as a senior portfolio manager as the $80 billion fund continues to strengthen its asset allocation team. Jain spent two years at Cbus after a seven-year stint at AustralianSuper, where she ...