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En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Vanguard, Betashares, and BlackRock have an iron grip over the ETF industry, commanding the lion's share of funds under management (FUM) - thanks largely to their flagship core, low-cost equity exposures. However, Financial Standard understands that ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Future Fund chair Greg Combet said that the $300 billion sovereign wealth fund has received the green light from the government to manage a portion of its portfolio internally, speaking at a Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) event ...

Small industry super funds beat giants on trust, service, value

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
Small industry super funds lead on trust, service, and value for money, according to CoreData's annual member engagement survey. CoreData research consultant Alana Devitt told Financial Standard that members' trust in small industry funds is built through ...

Investor optimism premature, fund flows in firing line

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
While investor sentiment has improved since Liberation Day, geopolitical and tariff uncertainties will continue to deteriorate fund flows for asset managers, Morningstar predicts. The latest Industry Pulse shows how fund manager flows dwindled in the ...

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" ...

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

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) and four other professional bodies are urging the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) to name and shame financial firms that fail to follow through on a determination as more than 60 have ...

TAL partners to expand access to affordable insurance

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2025
The life insurer has today launched backd by TAL in partnership with Cover Genius, targeting those with limited access to affordable cover options. backd offers tailored, affordable options for workers not currently eligible for other types of cover ...

APRA plans to remove 'unnecessary obstacles' for longevity products

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
APRA has proposed changes to its prudential framework for annuities, committing to removing unnecessary obstacles to the development of more "innovative" and "competitively priced" longevity products. The regulator identified two issues with its existing ...

Trade war threat sparks allocation rethink by asset owners

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Geopolitical uncertainty, particularly the spectre of a global trade war and its ensuing market fallout, was top of mind for asset owners surveyed in part one of Morningstar's annual Voice of the Asset Owner Survey. Of the asset owners surveyed, nearly ...

ASIC puts 18 finfluencers on notice amid global campaign

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2025
Eighteen finfluencers have received warnings from ASIC for promoting high-risk products and providing unlicensed financial advice. The warnings were part of a Global Week of Action Against Unlawful Finfluencers, which saw ASIC participate in a coordinated ...