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FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN | FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025

... dialled down, while still allowing investors to make the most of the gearing. The strategy has allocations to Australian shares, international shares, property and infrastructure. "They are the diversifiers to equities. Some of the allocations that we ...

Legalsuper updates investment, insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025

... years previously. Legalsuper also made a bunch of updates to strategic asset allocations affecting accumulation. Australian shares in the Conservative option, for example, went from 11.5% to 10%, while the Overseas shares came down to 12% from 12.5% ...

Australian Ethical lifts investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN | WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025

... International shares will also see an increase of 0.06% from 0.89% to 0.95%. There are no changes to the Defensive or Australian Shares investment fees and costs. "Alternative investments can provide greater diversification and more consistent returns ...

Betashares launches equity high yield ETF

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2025

... Betashares has added a new equity-income focused ETF to its suite, which began trading on the ASX yesterday. The S&P Australian Shares High Yield ETF (HYLD) invests in a diversified exposure to a portfolio of 50 Australian shares with high forecast dividend ...

Cbus, Rest deliver 'strong' returns amid heightened volatility

MATTHEW WAI | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025

... Other options such as the Overseas Shares - Indexed returned 16.39% and Sustainable Growth returned 14.93%, with Australian Shares - Indexed, Balanced - Indexed and High Growth also delivered double-digit returns. The fund said the listed shares were ...

Vanguard, CFS deliver strong FY25 returns

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2025

... Diversified made 11.8% p.a. and 12.6% p.a. respectively. The International Shares option turned in 16.7% p.a. while Australian Shares returned 13% p.a. Vanguard Asia-Pacific chief investment officer Duncan Burns said the low-cost, index-based approach ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025

... International Shares Unhedged Index returned the highest at 16.5% p.a. and the hedged version delivered 12% p.a. The Australian Shares Index returned 13.4% p.a. ART general manager of portfolio management and resilience Andrew Fisher told Financial Standard ...

Legalsuper celebrates double digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025

... Investment Management. As for the High Growth option, about 40% is invested in global equities and 36.5% is in Australian shares. The equity investments for the High Growth option are broadly similar to that of the Balanced product, but also include ...

En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN | THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025

... later change or abandon them entirely. The development comes as Vanguard celebrates a major milestone for its Australian Shares Index ETF (ASX: VAS). The largest ETF in Australia, the fund surpassed $20 billion in funds under management at May end; in ...

Global stock markets rally, but Trump's next post could flip the script

ANDREW MCKEAN | TUESDAY, 3 JUN 2025

... May, their strongest month in over a year, after skidding nearly 19% from February highs in April. Meanwhile, Australian shares increased nearly 4%, European markets advanced 4%, Japanese shares lifted 5%, and Chinese shares edged up 2%. While some sectors ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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