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Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Geopolitical uncertainty, particularly the spectre of a global trade war and its ensuing market fallout, was top of mind for asset owners surveyed in part one of Morningstar's annual Voice of the Asset Owner Survey. Of the asset owners surveyed, nearly ...

Inheritance dissatisfaction an advice opportunity: Report

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... acquired capital, HNW individuals could achieve long-term wealth generation." Other ways in which Australians differed from the rest of the world included the fact that just 40% inherit directly from their grandparents, compared to almost half (47%) ...

Rest appoints chief member officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
The $93 billion superannuation fund has named a chief member officer, taking over from August 25. Rest has appointed Simone Van Veen as chief member officer, taking over from general manager, brand and member experience Andrew Ford who stepped in as ...

Super funds to take stock of information security controls

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... targeted in the credential stuffing incident - AustralianSuper, Australian Retirement Trust, Hostplus, Insignia Financial and Rest - have been given a separate task. Instead of completing the self-assessment, these funds must undertake a special purpose ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... pull-forward of activity ahead of the US tariffs has also buoyed growth in Q1 and is likely to provide some momentum through the rest of the year. Moreover, there have also been increased signs that inflation is likely to stabilise and move closer towards ...

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 ...

HESTA turns the lights back on after service shutdown

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
HESTA has completed the transition of its member administration services to GROW Inc, restoring online services after a seven-week disruption to transactions and app access. HESTA, which has over one million members, said this marked the end of one ...

Australia's billionaire boom branded 'morally wrong' by Oxfam

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025
... action that the Australian government can take now is to rapidly and radically reduce the gap between the super-rich and the rest of society. We can't allow billionaire wealth to continue to rise unchecked while two million Australian households struggled ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... other senior executives to help drive its ambitious strategy. Nathan Dearinger has been appointed head of risk, joining from Rest where he was head of enterprise risk up until December last year. Prior to that, he held senior risk roles with Westpac ...

Apostle launches CastleKnight Management in Australia

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Apostle Funds Management is bringing CastleKnight Management, a US$2.2 billion hedge fund manager, to Australia for the first time. New York-based CastleKnight will help Apostle deliver wholesale and institutional strategies by investing in mispriced ...