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UniSuper prepared for buying opportunities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 FEB 2025
... get a correction, UniSuper will likely be using it as a buying opportunity." Pearce said global markets, listed assets and big tech were all the major winners last year, driving investment options with higher exposure to those assets to deliver a strong ...

Platforms placate fee consent ordeal: SuitabilityHub

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
Platforms have vastly improved their bulk processing capabilities, particularly as financial advisers come to dread the new fee consent renewal process, SuitabilityHub managing director Recep Peker says. This is one of the main findings in SuitabilityHub's ...

Foreign investors banned from buying homes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2025
... on the Australian housing market as more homes are built. "These initiatives are a small but important part of our already big and broad housing agenda which is focused on boosting supply and helping more people into homes," Chalmers said. "It's ...

Senate calls to overhaul super fund boards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
... shareholders," Mitchel said. "This proposal is further evidence that Peter Dutton and the Coalition are unashamedly on the side of the big banks, not workers. When super funds allow workers to have a seat at the table, the evidence is clear, they generate ...

Advisers must improve public awareness to win Australians' trust: Report

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2025
Financial advisers will need to improve public awareness to win over millions of Australians, many of whom still don't know what an adviser does or how they add value, according to an intelliflo whitepaper. The emphasis to articulate what a professional ...

CBA's 'Cinderella story' over: Analysts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
... all-time high of 27 times the 12-month forward earnings, which is higher than the growth-oriented S&P 500," McCormack said. "The big question is: how much further can CBA's price stretch when it's not supported by fundamentals? We believe the ...

Industry fund insurance bungle adds fuel to mounting outrage

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2025
Rest is the latest fund to botch its handling of insurance - this time for incorrectly charging uninsured members for coverage - adding to a growing pile of industry failures. Rest's mishandling comes as other major superannuation funds have been caught ...

Local family office backs new venture to invest in climate tech

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
... said. Besen Family Office chief executive Duncan Murray said just as the internet and mobile communications were "the two big tectonic investment plates" that emerged this century, AI and the energy transition are likely to be the two that will define ...

Global X launches Russell 2000 ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
Global X ETFs has launched Australia's only exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracking the Russell 2000 Capped Index. The Global X Russell 2000 (ASX: RSSL) offers exposure to small cap stocks listed in the US. The index has higher weightings in financials ...

ETF industry passes $250bn mark

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2025
Positive market performance and record inflows have seen the Australian ETF industry surpass $250 billion in funds under management (FUM), according to the Betashares January ETF review. The industry saw $4.6 billion in net flows with the total market ...