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Interprac sued over Shield, First Guardian failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2025
... Guardian and a further 1139 clients to invest $114 million in Shield. Together, this was about 50% of the total super investments made by all of their clients on their advice over a period of about three and a half years, ASIC said. Many clients were ...

Mercer Investments shutters four options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
Mercer Investments is culling four international equities options that sit within its Managed Portfolio Series Funds. Mercer's Blended Global Equities Hedged MPS Fund, Guardcap Global Equity MPS Fund, T. Rowe Price Global Focused Equity MPS Fund ...

UniSuper commits over $760m to Macquarie AM's infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... infrastructure-adjacent private equity strategy, which includes $383 million (US$250m) for the strategy's first two investments. Under the agreement, UniSuper will own circa 30% equity interests in both DynaGrid and Potters Industries alongside MAM with ...

BlackRock to launch first active income-focused ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 NOV 2025
... serve as the foundation for an investor's fixed income allocation, BlackRock said. It can complement riskier bond investments, including credit and fixed strategies. The fund will incur a 0.29% management fee and is expected to list on the ASX in late ...

Half of super investments now offshore: NAB

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... international unlisted infrastructure. The report said super funds are seeking to build portfolio resilience with these investments. Funds are also targeting higher overall foreign exchange exposures than in 2023 while hedging the same proportion of ...

Sustainable investments jump 49% in two years

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
Sustainable investments have reached US$16.7 trillion, jumping 49% over the last two years, according to the Global Sustainable Investment Alliance (GSIA), finding that the sector has moved from a "niche practice to a systemic consideration." Despite ...

Largest managers' assets climb 9.4%: Research

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 11 NOV 2025
... of US$65.8 trillion. US based firms represent 83.9% of this segment, among these BlackRock, Vanguard and Fidelity Investments have retained their positions as the top three global managers. BlackRock has maintained its first-rank position since 2009. ...

Wealthy families double down on private markets: JP Morgan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2025
Wealthy families are doubling down on private investments rather than dialing back, according to the latest Principal Discussions released by JP Morgan. JP Morgan interviewed 111 billionaire principals, working with the world's wealthiest families globally ...

HESTA, Vision Super divest Israeli securities

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... Israel due to an assessment of higher risk," a HESTA spokesperson said. Last week, Vision Super reportedly dumped investments in Israeli stocks and bonds, making the announcement during a meeting with unions. A branch of the Australian Services Union ...

Bell Financial Group names inaugural investments chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2025
... investment officer, picking someone who recently finished up at Clime Investment Management. Will Riggall is the new investments chief, having ended his tenure at Clime in June after more than three years. Rigall took on the role of chief investment ...