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Airlie calls time on Concentrated Share Fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
... Active ETF. Trading resumed for the four ETFs some two hours later. Magellan confirmed that the IT issue stemmed from a third-party provider. Editor's note: The original version of this article incorrectly referenced the Concentrated Share Fund as ...

Chalmers champions productivity, urges tax reform

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... just as budget reform remains a "hard and contested" arena. He noted that during COVID, government spending was almost a third of our economy, which he said was brought down to a quarter - but has now settled slightly higher than that. He also pointed ...

En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Vanguard, Betashares, and BlackRock have an iron grip over the ETF industry, commanding the lion's share of funds under management (FUM) - thanks largely to their flagship core, low-cost equity exposures. However, Financial Standard understands that ...

Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... portfolios, up from 39% in 2022. Private credit and infrastructure specifically are the most-favoured alternatives. Nearly one-third (32%) of family offices intend to increase their allocations to private credit (32%) and infrastructure (30%) in 2025-26. ...

Boutiques wield independence, specialisation over larger managers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... core competitive strengths, while 30% said their focus on a small number of strategies is core to their offering. Nearly a third said their independence is a key advantage of their business with an additional 49% believed it to be a significant driver ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... the proposed changes to force paid representatives to use approved AFCA processes and for AFCA to refuse to deal with a third party where they are not a member of AFCA, despite being required to be by their AFSL. "We also support the ability for AFCA ...

Middle Australia on track for 'comfortable retirement': ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... those benefiting are under 40, with people in their 30s comprising the largest share of beneficiaries. Meanwhile, almost a third of those getting the increase earn less than $50,000 per year and around 70% of those getting the increase earn less than ...

Fin365 to build one-stop-shop for financial firms

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... quite unusual for a software provider to also offer technology outsourcing services. Generally, they prefer to refer to third-party consultants. For a variety of reasons, we've found this approach has generally failed to deliver the optimum outcome for ...

Investors face headwinds in integrating physical climate risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... models that are 'inherently uncertain, particularly on multi-decade timespans with potential tipping points and second- or third-order downstream impacts'," the report said, adding that one fund noted an inherent tension in applying a broad number of ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... super fund representative said. "This could enable us to both deliver more impact and achieve better investment returns." A third super fund representative said that more capital is being allocated to private credit. That representative also noted, "historically ...