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Fewer global equity managers underperform: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... global equity funds are trailing their benchmarks, marking a substantial improvement from the 71% long-run underperformance rate, according the SPIVA Australia Scorecard half-year analysis. Fifty-four percent of global equity general funds trailed the ...

Samuel Terry bids for Eildon again

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... third-party investment managers, maintaining a strong focus on real estate and targeted returns in excess of the prevailing cash rate by at least 10%, he said. On August 13, Eildon entered a joint venture with AAG Investment Management to acquire and ...

Latest adviser exam sees 69% pass

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
ASIC has handed down the results for the 30th Financial Adviser Exam, held in August, with the pass rate once again falling under the 70% mark. The previous exam cycle in June saw the lowest pass rate in recent times at 66%. Although slightly improved ...

NZ Super delivers 11.84%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
... the return over and above the government's cost of capital," Townsend said. "For the past year, the 90-Day Treasury bill rate was 4.61%, making our net return 7.24% - to put it another way, maintaining the fund this year has made the Crown $5.5 billion ...

ASIC lands special leave against Block Earner

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
... leave in May. The Earner product enabled customers to loan specified cryptocurrency in return for interest paid at a fixed rate. The now-defunct product was offered from 17 March 2022 until 16 November 2022. ASIC believes that the Earner product was ...

Private and public markets almost interchangeable: Expert

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Private credit has traditionally been seen as an alternative during volatile events impacting listed investments, but that is changing, an expert says. Speaking at the JANA Annual Conference 2025, Shirley Luo, portfolio manager and director of opportunistic ...

FEATURE: Hyped up

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025
Financial services firms stand at a pivotal juncture. Those in one camp, with their heads buried in the sand, can no longer ignore the fact that artificial intelligence (AI), particularly its sidekick generative AI (GenAI), is everywhere. The other ...

Australian economy 'stronger than expected'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... stabilisation in the public sector," Allen said. "We continue to expect the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut the cash rate once more in November. Further easing in 2026 remains possible but would take a deterioration in the labour market and an ...

Investors want regulatory clarity on digital assets: Binance

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
Australian investors are urging authorities to come together to provide better protection and access to digital assets, as many are increasing their allocation to the sector, a new Binance survey found. The latest Binance Australia User Survey revealed ...

AXA IM Alts expands affordable housing strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... scheme providing a balanced mix of market and affordable rental housing. The development will offer a 50:50 split of market-rate and affordable rental units, supporting key sectors workers to access quality housing close to their respective employment ...