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Macquarie half-year profit rises to $1.7bn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... reported operating expenses of $6.2 billion during this period. Macquarie continues to maintain a cautious stance with a conservative approach to capital, funding and liquidity. It flagged geopolitical events, volatility, global economic conditions ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... resulting in unspent balances, it can result in people "making poor choices and lead to many retirees being overly conservative spenders." In a recent whitepaper Lifetime Income and the Annuity Puzzle, Huppert notes that Treasury's Retirement Income ...

APRA tackles 'weak demand' for longevity products in second consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
... The first round of consultation, which was held in June, tackled two issues: that the framework imposes relatively conservative capital requirements and it is insufficiently risk sensitive and may exacerbate procyclicality by requiring life insurers ...

Vanguard partners to launch core-satellite portfolios for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2025
... to advisers as separately managed accounts (SMAs) and encompass five multi-asset portfolio options ranging from 'Conservative' to 'All Growth'. Designed for long-term outperformance, the portfolios leverage Vanguard's globally recognised approach to ...

JPMAM launches ETF models with Vanguard

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2025
... with Vanguard Australia (Vanguard) to launch four low-cost ETF models. The strategic asset allocation models include conservative, balanced, growth, and high growth options. The models are a low-cost solution blending active and passive management and ...

HESTA changes investment fees

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025
... management. The default MySuper Balanced Growth option saw investment fees reduce from 0.62% to 0.58%. Members in the Conservative option benefited from a reduction from 0.42% to 0.40%, while Sustainable Growth investment fees decreased from 0.83% to ...

Feature: Digital advice | Sleeping giant

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025
... that super funds are "moving fast" in this regard might be a bit too generous for Worn. "These organisations are conservative by nature. We've just had a Banking Royal Commission, which is still fresh in people's minds. So, I understand the conservatism. ...

Aware Super makes fee changes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... products. For the High Growth option fees dropped from 0.66% to 0.64%, Balanced dropped from 0.59% to 0.57%, and Conservative Balanced fell from 0.54% to 0.53%. The Conservative option saw fees jump slightly from 0.42% to 0.43%, High Growth Socially ...

World's pension market hits $36.9tn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2025
... "In contrast, government super funds typically exhibit maturing membership bases, lower contribution flows and more conservative asset allocations."

Legalsuper updates investment, insurance fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... changes to its investment options' objectives and fees, as well as some insurance costs. Effective September 1, the Conservative option will change its investment objective from outperforming an average annual return of CPI + 2% p.a. over rolling 10-year ...