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Future Fund bags a piece of Transgrid

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2025
... OMERS executive vice president and global infrastructure head Michael Hill said Australia, in which the fund is now in its second decade of investment having deployed over $4 billion, is a "core part of our investment strategy." "... essential community ...

Scrutiny, costs major hurdles to boosting IPOs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2025
... Association chief executive Ian Matheson, there are four main factors that have companies either reluctant to go public or second-guessing whether they stay listed. The first, he said while appearing at the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association's ...

Super funds covet more global equities: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025
... substantially upped holdings in global equities but scaled back on cash, as well as local fixed income and equities in the second half of 2024, new analysis from J.P. Morgan shows. The latest Super Fund Manager Radar note shows allocations to global ...

FTX creditors await US$5bn distribution

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... The proceeds will be distributed via the FTX Recovery Trust to eligible creditors either on BitGo or Kraken. This is the second round of distributions made by FTX, which made its first round in early 2025 for amounts less than US$50,000. John Ray III ...

Vanguard ETFs claim first, second, and third place for inflows

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
A trio of Vanguard ETFs topped April inflows, pulling in over $1.1 billion, according to Betashares' Australian ETF review. The Vanguard Australian Shares Index ETF brought in $533.6 million in inflows, followed by the Vanguard MSCI Index International ...

Panic selling of SMSF assets 'totally unnecessary'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... in accumulation phase, and generate valuable cash refunds in pension phase. These benefits matter more than ever when a second layer of tax is introduced," he said. Treasurer Jim Chalmers said that losses incurred on a super balance, before the new tax ...

Criminal attacks, human error drive data breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... notifications received about data breaches in the 2024 calendar year. In 2023, there was 893. Of the 1113, 595 came in the second half of the year. Malicious and criminal attacks were the main source of breaches. They accounted for 69% of the notifications ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... perspective. "Rather than making piecemeal changes, we call on the Albanese government to undertake long-term tax reform in its second term. We stand ready to work closely with Dr Mulino through what we hope will be a period of renewal and reform," she ...

TPD claim settlements take 'considerably longer': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... insurers holding a total market share of 88%. TAL is the largest death and TPD insurer with a 45% market share. AIA is second with 23%, followed by MetLife with 19%. There are a total of eight insurers serving the superannuation industry, including ART ...

Activist fund manager promotes three staffers

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
... equity portfolio manager at Wilson's advisory arm and was a credit research analyst at UBS Asset Management. Milne, the second investment professional to get a title bump, works with Wilson's leaders or large-cap fund investing in companies with ...