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FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... tilting conditions in favour of borrowers. UniSuper does not disclose the size of its US private credit investment but says most of its exposure is lending to middle-market companies. Colosimo says UniSuper has taken a disciplined approach. "We have ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... believes a February hike is still off the cards, and the more likely scenario is the central bank will remain on hold for most of the year. "The market has quickly moved from pricing in one more rate cut in 2026 to now pricing in two hikes," Robertson ...

Mercer doubles down on for-purpose sector

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... arm," Dunn said. Mercer appointed Dunn to oversee the unit four years ago, hiring from Russell Investments where she was most recently its head of for-purpose director. There, she worked closely with not-for-profit organisations like universities to ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper, UniSuper, Team Super, CFS, TAL

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... spent 10 years at Aberdeen Standard Investments across distribution and specialist functions in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and most recently, Sydney. Elsewhere, Team Super has recruited Stephen Chainey as a key employer relationship manager. While Chainey ...

Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... years of experience in wealth management, including senior leadership roles at Insignia Financial, Macquarie Bank and AMP. Most recently, a director at Investment Trends, he spent four years at Insignia Financial as general manager of advisory solutions. ...

Vanguard identifies strongest asset classes for coming decade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... to usher in higher economic growth. Meanwhile, both US value-oriented and non-US developed markets equities should benefit most over time as AI's eventual boost to growth broadens to consumers of AI. Economic transformations are often accompanied by ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... that gave rise to the need for consumer compensation. In that context, spreading the levy based on capacity to pay is the most just of the many unjust possible options," Abood said. "However, by choosing the ASIC funding levy as the basis for allocation ...

'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
The super industry is urging the government to scrap the "outdated" law that denies super to most under-18 workers, which is also increasing the gender gap and costing women up to $11,000 at retirement. The new analysis comes as a Pyxis survey found ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... and a sustained low unemployment rate," he said. "While earlier data had pointed to a moderation in price pressures, the most recent figures indicate that inflation is proving more persistent than previously forecast, necessitating a pause in the rate ...

Chalmers spurs on private sector investment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... backwards on average by 1.3% each year under our predecessors, but we've helped turn that around," Chalmers said. "In the most recent quarter, new business investment grew at the fastest pace in almost half a decade and was the primary driver of growth ...