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US-Iran tensions send markets into panic mode

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
... said that action is unlikely due to the impact it would have on China and India, with which Iran does a lot of trade. The major concern amongst investors is significant changes in the price of oil. "While most flashpoints in the Middle East over the ...

Perennial Partners buys Melior stake

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2025
Perennial Partners is buying a majority stake in Melior Investment Management and will take over management of its flagship impact fund. Under the agreement, the Melior brand will transition to Perennial, and the Melior investment team will increase ...

Golden parachutes deflate rapidly for some, not all ASX chiefs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... accountability and avoided 'golden parachutes' which provide pay for failure to departing chief executives. "This was a major issue in Australia, and we saw more than $80 million of shareholders money paid to terminated chief executives in the year before ...

En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
... funds under working titles, only to 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 ...

Geopolitical risks force family offices into alternatives, cash: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Geopolitical uncertainties are forcing family offices out of US equities, diversifying into cash and liquid alternatives, according to BlackRock's annual Global Family Office Survey. Global family offices find themselves in "risk-management mode" ...

QIC offloads Victorian shopping centre for $440m

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... hectares of land in the west of Victoria, generates over $520 million in moving annual total (MAT) sales and contains nine major, nine mini major and 142 specialty stores. QIC real estate director of funds management Declan Walsh said the site has evolved ...

Firms rebuffing AFCA determinations should be named: FAAA, professional bodies

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... of the CSLR and the cost is expected to increase substantially over the next couple of years. The cost of the CSLR is a major threat to the financial advice sector. We strongly support greater publicity with respect to those who fail to pay, enabling ...

Middle Australia on track for 'comfortable retirement': ASFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
... Significantly, this surpasses the industry body's $595,000 benchmark for a comfortable retirement for single homeowners. But this "major milestone," as ASFA chief executive Mary Delahunty described it, is the result of the upcoming increase to the Superannuation ...

Royal London Asset Management plants flag in Australia

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
... energy to lead our growth in Australia," Royal London Asset Management head of sales Phil Reid said. "His appointment is a major step forward in our ambition to bring Royal London Asset Management's distinctive investment approach and client-focused ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
... and "that would continue," the representative said. Following changing trade policy, regulatory flux emerged as the next major concern for asset owners. "... the asset owner community appears to be looking for more clarity and consistency around regulation ...