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Future Fund achieves 12.2% in FY25, tops other instos

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... become accustomed, and as we assessed they would, returns from risk assets have been well rewarded," he said. The fund took major stakes in data centre developer and operator CDC and infrastructure and housing, including a 10% stake in Transgrid. In ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... priority and recognising AI as both a risk and an opportunity. At the same time, nine funds cited volatility and uncertainty as major concerns, with inflation also highlighted as a key factor shaping the outlook for the year. AustralianSuper was the ...

Federal Court slaps Mawhinney with 15-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2025
Mayfair 101 Group director James Mawhinney has been banned from receiving or soliciting funds related to financial products for 15 years after the Federal Court determined he had a "cavalier attitude to compliance" and was "reckless" in operating his ...

FAAA calls for other sectors to help pay $67m CSLR bill

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2025
... its levy estimate for FY26, calculated at $75 million - $67 million of which is to be paid by the advice sub-sector. "The major collapses that we have seen so far, including Dixon Advisory, United Global Capital, Brite Advisory, Shield and First Guardian ...

Platinum client yanks $580m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... also deliver further expense control and efficiency, and we believe the combination of two highly talented teams will yield major benefits for shareholders as we move forward." Rainmaker's latest Mandate Chaser report shows State Street Investment ...

Exposure to US hitting Aussie companies: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... CSL, James Hardie has been hit by the weak housing construction cycle in the US as well as debt it took on to support a major acquisition earlier this year. "Slowdowns really hit harder with that big debt load. Their guidance for next year is actually ...

Chalmers opens Investor Front Door pilot

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... has launched the pilot program for the Investor Front Door, which aims to make it quicker and easier for investors to back major projects. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said it is designed to improve the investment environment by streamlining how investors ...

Betashares launches first private credit fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2025
... and is currency hedged back to Australian dollars. The fund will be available to financial advisers and their clients via major platforms, as well as to eligible wholesale investors via Betashares Direct. Betashares chief executive Alex Vynokur said ...

Government scraps inquiry into advice firm failures, Dixon Advisory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
The government has dumped the inquiry into wealth management companies that would have dissected the collapse of firms like Dixon Advisory and the impact on the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). In September 2024, the government referred the ...

Australian Unity reveals profit turnaround

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025
... stable policyholder numbers. "While highly supportive of the majority of the aged care regulatory reforms, which will bring major changes in Home Health and Residential Aged Care, during the reporting period, the sector was disappointed by the lack of ...