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Housing Australia Future Fund under audit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2025
The government's Housing Australia Future Fund (HAFF) is being audited by the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Auditor-General Caralee McLiesh has confirmed in a letter to Senator Andrew Bragg. In addition, McLiesh said the ANAO is also ...

Kenya to establish sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... water, and education and health investments. It will be funded through a variety of revenue channels, including the government's share of profits from petroleum operations, petroleum and mining royalties, payments on grants of mining rights, and earnings ...

Actuaries Institute makes proposal to close advice gap

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
... improve their financial wellbeing. In considering the increased accessibility and affordability of HGA, the paper said government reforms will be essential. "The government's Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) package represents advice reforms ...

Government taps IFM, Plenary for Southeast Asia boost

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2025
The government is investing over $250 million to support investment and the economic growth of Southeast Asia. Announced at the ASEAN Indo-Pacific Forum in Kuala Lumpur this week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the government will invest $175 ...

VanEck joins uranium rush with new ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
VanEck will launch a uranium ETF, providing investors targeted exposure to global companies across the uranium and nuclear energy value chain. The VanEck Uranium and Energy Innovation ETF (ASX: URAN) will be listed on the ASX on October 30, taking VanEck's ...

BlackRock expands fixed income ETF lineup

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
... will be benchmarked to the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index, and investors can access 19,000 securities including government, securitised and investment grade corporate bonds across multiple regions. BlackRock Australia head of global product solutions ...

Netwealth invokes Part 23 of SIS Act in First Guardian response

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 OCT 2025
Netwealth has applied to the government for financial assistance under Part 23 of the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Act 1993 in order to compensate members impacted by the First Guardian failure. This morning, the listed platform and superannuation ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... superannuation system. While investments and performance have been impressive and the system has taken the pressure off the government to fully fund the graying population's twilight years, beneath the surface something more menacing lurks - that trustees ...

Feature: Retirement | Rewarding risk

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... generate the income which makes you comfortable, along with confusion about how to access even a part payment of the government pension." Hillier's optimism is reflected in the name of North's risk management retirement framework: SMILE. It is ...

Feature: Group insurance | Cold comfort

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2025
... often made matters worse. Such extensive delays and failure of member services have called into question whether the government should look to be more prescriptive in terms of timeframes for payment. As it stands, the Life Code, administered by CALI ...