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Delaying DBFO imposes 'generational' consequences

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2024
The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) is urging the federal government to take action on processing the second tranche of its Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) package, saying any further delay could result in "generational impacts." ...

Making a splash: The economic impact of AUKUS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2024
... killed or went missing on that day. According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the US-backed Israel war on Gaza, now in its second year, has killed more than 42,000 Palestinians, the majority of whom are children and women. International medical journal ...

Australian equities rise, but global markets preferred: Morningstar

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
... interest rate rises especially relative to long-dated bonds, which is still an important risk to manage," Morningstar said. "Second, cash should help buffer from any future volatility resulting from a fall in equity markets. And third, cash provides ...

IAM announces new product, appointment

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2024
Income Asset Management (IAM) has launched a new asset backed securities (ABS) and residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) product, ABS-RMBS Direct. The new product aims to offer investors direct access to the asset class. ABS and RMBS are investment ...

Harvard endowment delivers 9.6% return, hits $53.2bn

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... has had a positive and compounding impact on the university's endowment returns, he said. It also created room for the second major portfolio shift, an increase in private equities. Finally, the size of the hedge fund portfolio was increased to reduce ...

Australian Ethical FUM nears $13bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2024
... transition to the GROW Inc superannuation administration platform from Mercer is set to complete in November, with the second tranche of members transitioning from Link to GROW Inc by the end of the financial years," he added. It has also lowered investment ...

ASIC makes key appointments to executive team

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2024
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has made two appointments to its senior executive leadership team. Following an international search, ASIC chair Joe Longo announced the appointment of Peter Soros as executive director regulation ...

AustralianSuper pumps $2.2bn into US data centre

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2024
... (Vantage EMEA). The $2.2 billion allocated to DataBank will be used to expand DataBank's footprint. It marks the super fund's second investment alongside existing DataBank investor, DigitalBridge. The investment forms part of a nearly $3 billion equity ...

Insignia Financial to trial four-day work week

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
... when workers across the sector are rightly scared about the impact of AI on their jobs, we are pleased to have secured a second major agreement that provides real involvement for workers on issues that affect them. "Workers will not only benefit from ...

Coller Capital opens PE secondaries fund to Aussie investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2024
Coller Capital has launched the Coller Private Equity Secondaries Fund to Australian private wealth investors. The firm said it is its first dedicated evergreen fund in Australia. The launch also follows an evergreen offering in private infrastructure ...