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ASIC recommends standards for virtual AGMs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... the format of meetings. "Because that's what generates trust and that's a price we think is worth paying when it comes to good corporate governance," she said.

AustralianSuper bins WiseTech stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... the stock is down around 40% from its peak, with much of the decline occurring after White's resignation. Manuell said good governance is essential to delivering the value AustralianSuper identifies in a company, adding that, as a long-term active ...

Underinvestment in Southeast Asia a 'big issue' for Australia

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... hindrance, raising awareness, building capabilities and driving investment among Australian businesses to the region. "The good news is that the government has acted on a substantial amount of the 75 different recommendations [in Invested: Australia's ...

Investors warned to sell hybrids before phase out

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
... retail investors holding an estimated 20-30% of the $42 billion sector, Schroders fund manager Helen Mason said now is a good time for investors to consider a new income solution. Mason said the phase out of retail bank Additional Tier 1 (AT1) hybrids ...

Government plans to develop 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
... asset platforms and payment stablecoins," Treasury said. Chalmers and Charlton also commented that "we've already made some good progress" working with stakeholders and ASIC to ensure the future framework is fit for purpose. Coinciding with the release ...

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
As geopolitical tensions and trade wars derail globalisation, artificial intelligence (AI), metals and minerals, and electric vehicles (EV) are some of the sectors poised to be winners for investors, new research from PGIM shows. This new era of globalisation ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... any one thing that we do, but it's a lot of things - and when you get them right, what you end up doing is having really good returns and taking very little risk," Livanas said. Delivering results Over the past decade, State Super's members have netted ...

Jones calls out super sector, hints at more reform

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... lot of work to improve the performance of funds as fund managers, and growing wealth, and I think the industry has done a good job over 30 years of turning a small contribution from people's fortnightly salary into a large retirement nest egg," Jones ...

Tariffs not the only inflationary risk: Colchester

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2025
Speaking at Financial Standard 's Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO), Martyn Simpson, senior investment officer from Colchester Global Investors, discussed the potential impact of tariffs and some of the inflationary issues markets may yet face. In terms ...