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Super funds given reprieve from Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2025
... billion invested in the United States, the single largest market outside of Australia. This is money invested in US infrastructure, equities, bonds, and other areas." Koval added that ASFA has engaged closely with the Australian government on the issue. ...

Magellan bolsters investment and distribution ranks

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... and investment teams with a string of senior hires, sharpening its adviser focus and deepening its equities and infrastructure bench. Andrew Dowling, who joins next month, will be based in Victoria focusing on advisers and research relationships. He ...

Pension leaders urge US 401(k) plans to embrace private markets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... markets, with real estate a core holding. It noted funds are investing in data centres, urban development, green infrastructure, and housing solutions with ESG overlays.

ASIC appoints ASX inquiry panel

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2025
... the ongoing concerns around the ASX's questionable ability to "maintain stable, secure and resilient" market infrastructure, reflected largely by the CHESS Batch Settlement failure just before Christmas last year. Leading the inquiry, Commonwealth ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... succeeded Peter Costello as chair last year, said the Future Fund now has the authority to "undertake Australian infrastructure and property sector transactions" and to "manage assets without an external investment manager." This marks a departure from ...

Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... increased allocations and now make up 42% of single-family office portfolios, up from 39% in 2022. Private credit and infrastructure specifically are the most-favoured alternatives. Nearly one-third (32%) of family offices intend to increase their allocations ...

Rest pilots Payday Super tech, moves to implement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... we're also conscious of the potential impact they could have on employers and the need to upgrade administration infrastructure ahead of the changes. "We are pleased with the success of the pilot and the encouraging responses we received from the participating ...

Quinbrook appoints new chief executive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has filled a new chief executive role, with the appointee set to oversee all the investment manager's regional teams, in addition to announcing a slew of other leadership changes. Quinbrook's current Australian regional ...

ASIC launches fresh inquiry into ASX

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... decision to initiate an inquiry follows repeated and serious failures. "ASX operates Australia's critical markets infrastructure. Investors and market participants deserve to have absolute confidence that ASX is operating soundly, securely and effectively," ...

Investors face headwinds in integrating physical climate risks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
... incorporate long-term physical risks into investment decisions - even though private market investments, such as infrastructure, are less affected due to their longer time horizons," the report reads. A further challenge was also identified in policy ...