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Special feature: Shaping private markets

ELIZABETH FRY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2025
... transparency that could actually help super fund members understand whether their money is working effectively. No more black box guessing about whether fund managers earn their fees. AI can crunch vastly bigger datasets than any analyst could handle ...

Mercer Super, Virgin Money Super members caught in Australia Post burglaries

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2025
Mercer Super and Virgin Money Super members are the victims of an Australia Post security breach following several burglaries at its Melbourne GPO. Australia Post said the break-ins occurred between July 6 and 17 and the "theft of some mail articles" ...

SMC backs principles-based approach to corporate governance

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... corporate governance as essential for effective oversight, risk management, and accountability, warning against a 'tick-the-box' approach in its submission to the prudential regulator's Governance Review. "SMC supports changes in the prudential standards ...

QIC offloads Victorian shopping centre for $440m

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
The Lowy Family Group-backed Assembly Funds Management (AFM) has struck a deal with PGIM Real Estate to jointly acquire QIC's Woodgrove Shopping Centre in Melton, Victoria for $440 million. The single-level centre, spanning over 27 hectares of land ...

Members press super funds for sustainable investments

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2025
Members increasingly demand superannuation funds to provide ethical investment options, particularly retirees who want to leave a more sustainable world for the next generation, top super fund leaders say. Attending the Australian Council of Superannuation ...

Super, insurance, and bank boards' 'poor practices' targeted by APRA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2025
... recent years, Lonsdale noted there are still areas of weakness, with some entities treating compliance as little more than "a box-ticking exercise." "By articulating our expectations more clearly and strengthening our capacity to ensure compliance with ...

Alpencrest ramps up expansion, signs Aussie affiliate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... that you only live once and life's too short. Ultimately, our entire industry is built around people, unless it's black box algorithm - it's people making decisions, coming up with ideas, and then executing through an investment framework. So ...

ASFA acts to remove First Nations access issues

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2025
... act." She noted the reforms are not a simple task but "we owe it to them to get this right". "This is not about checking a box or making minor tweaks, this is about difficult but practical systemic change through process change," Delahunty continued. ...

AustralianSuper aims to five-fold $1.4bn Euro venture in five years

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JAN 2025
... capitalise on increased occupier demand and rental growth throughout western Europe with a range of high-quality last mile and mid-box warehouses, AustralianSuper said. The assets have strong environmental credentials and are focused in submarkets that ...

February rate cut unlikely after inflation data

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) indicator rose 2.3% in the 12 months to November 2024, up from a 2.1% rise in the 12 months to October, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). The biggest jumps in prices were in food and non-alcoholic ...