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Australian Unity hires from Centuria

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
Australian Unity has appointed Vijitha Yogavaran to the newly created role of fund manager for its Healthcare Property Trust (AUHPT), effective 20 January 2025. Yogavaran will assume responsibility for the oversight, management and external representation ...

$3m super tax will level playing field: Australia Institute

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
Laws that will double the tax on earnings of superannuation balances over $3 million, which were shelved in late 2024, will make the system fairer particularly as many are doing it tough, The Australia Institute says. The Australia Institute chief economist ...

Green budgets fatten amid global uncertainty

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  TUESDAY, 21 JAN 2025
... itself," Cooper said. "China's large and fast-growing domestic clean-tech market, and that are also well-placed to export to the rest of the world... These markets are all moving quickly towards electrification, not primarily because of subsidies but ...

Best ESG super options revealed

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2025
Australian Ethical, Nationwide Super, Active Super and Aware Super have the best performing ESG investment options over three years, according to the latest data from Rainmaker Information. Rainmaker Information executive director of research Aman Ramrakha ...

Insignia takeover heats up, Bain Capital ups bid

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JAN 2025
Bain Capital has re-entered the arena to vie for Insignia Financial, matching CC Capital Partners' $4.30 per share offer. Insignia rejected Bain Capital's bid of $4 per share on December 18, claiming it "does not adequately represent fair value" ...

Platinum AUM inches to $11bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Platinum Asset Management grew its assets under management (AUM) in the last month of 2024 to end up with $11.1 billion. The fund manager made a net gain of $93 million during the month of December despite experiencing outflows of $289 million. Some ...

Managed funds industry winners and losers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are still winning the contest for net flows against unit trusts, according to Rainmaker Information's 2024: The year in wealth management webinar. ETFs attracted around $2 billion in net inflows a month last year whereas ...

Monetary policy to underscore 2025 allocations

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2025
Investors have head into the New Year with many of the same concerns they had at the start of 2024, with interest rates and inflation to dominate once again. Last November, RBA governor Michele Bullock indicated the central bank views its settings as ...

Bull market buoys super funds' 2024 returns

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JAN 2025
... balanced options. Rest's default option made a 11.19% return for 2024, the second consecutive year of positive returns. Rest said the strong performance is largely the result of its investments in local and international equities. Notably, the fund ...

Traders left scrambling over ASX settlement outage

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 DEC 2024
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) suffered another glitch last week that disrupted two days' worth of trades. The ASX said it detected a "technical issue" on its CHESS Batch Settlement last Friday, forcing trade settlements on December 18 ...