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MSC appoints operating chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
MSC Group's Shelley Brown will become second-in-command at the trustee firm following a promotion to operating chief. Credited with bringing commerciality to the risk side of the business, Brown has served as both the chief compliance officer and ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... terms of trade relations, Australia has a healthy relationship with Southeast Asia, which is currently standing as our second largest trading partner, only behind China, and is consistently growing. "Obviously, it [Southeast Asia] has been growing rapidly ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has come out swinging against Treasury and its second tranche of draft Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms, saying it can't support them without "substantial change." FAAA chief executive ...

Sliver of Aussie global equity managers beat index: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... SPIVA Scorecard shows. Last year saw 85% of active global equity funds struggle to keep pace over the one-year period - the second-highest underperformance rate recorded by SPIVA's Australia Scorecard. They fared worse over a 15-year term with underperformance ...

Roc Partners launches new PE fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Roc Partners has launched a new evergreen private equity fund, which it said is the first of its kind in Australia. The Roc Summit Private Equity Fund aims to provide access to a diversified portfolio of primarily Australian and New Zealand private ...

New impact fund backs marginalised female entrepreneurs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Social purpose organisation Good Return has launched its second impact fund, aimed at supporting marginalised female entrepreneurs across the Asia-Pacific region. The evergreenfund is seeking to raise $10 million from Australian wholesale investors ...

Splintered globalisation a boon for AI, metals, EVs: PGIM

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... high-end semiconductors, 5G networks, critical minerals, fossil fuels, EVs and batteries, and military technology. The second globalisation track represents roughly 75% of global GDP. "On this track, a vast array of goods and services are still traded ...

Tranche 2 of DBFO dumps SOAs, enables 'nudges'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... super funds can collectively charge for. However, some elements of the reforms are still being ironed out by Treasury. The second round of draft legislation covers three key areas of reform: the eradication of SOAs; the advice topics super funds can ...

Resolution Capital to list second active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... 9.7% after fees since its September 2021 inception. It is managed by Jan de Vos, Mark Jones, and Sarah Lau. This marks the second active ETF for Resolution Capital, the other being the Resolution Capital Global Property Securities Fund (RCAP) which also ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... he added, is for someone to leave on Thursday and end up with a very different result than if they'd left on Friday. The second challenge is managing the fund collectively. It requires techniques not typically employed in a growing fund, he said. "The ...