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ANZ fined $240m for bond trading, retail misconduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... billion bond issuance. Proceeds raised were to fund services such as health, social welfare, education, infrastructure and defence. "Instead of trading gradually throughout the day to limit market impact, ANZ sold a significant volume of 10-year Australian ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... riskiness of that position is far higher," he says. "So, the diversification we have in the geared ETFs is one really good defence to protect us against the risk of anything untoward happening." In addition, a lower level of gearing also protects investors ...

Commonwealth Super delivers 'resilient' performance for FY25

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2025
... designed for Australian government employees, while its ADF Super MySuper Balanced option - for members of the Australian Defence Force - returned 10.5% in the same period. The results were similar between the aggressive options of PSSap (11.5%) and ...

VanEck goes for growth with new ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... of 2025, where the highly visible NVIDIA, Apple and Microsoft mega-caps took a back seat to lesser-known stocks such as defence intelligence company Palantir Technologies (up 492% in the last year) and mobile advertising platform AppLovin (up 417% in ...

Commonwealth Super names chief risk and compliance officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... "I'm proud to be joining CSC, an organisation so clearly committed to supporting Australian public service and Australian Defence Force workers in preparing for and sustaining a comfortable retirement." Earlier this month, the $70 billion super fund ...

ASIC calls out trustees 'passing the buck' on super switching

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2025
... "There's a reason why we are focusing on the role of licensees in our enforcement work - you are the first line of defence here. You must have strong quality controls for your approved product lists," Longo said. The investigation into the collapse ...

ETF market breaks through $280bn

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... a record high, reaching $280 billion in total assets under management (AUM), steered by top performing ETFs across the defence and gold mining sectors. There were 36 new exchange trade products (ETPs) on the ASX and CBOE over the first half of the year ...

Future Fund cleared to manage select asset classes in-house

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2025
... located in Australia - in its investment decisions, a move Angus Taylor, then shadow treasurer and now shadow minister for defence, decried as a "raid on the nation's nest egg." Combet said he welcomed the guidance but was clear that it won't ...

ECB drops interest rates by 0.25%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... could raise inflation by pushing up import prices and adding to capacity constraints in the domestic economy. A boost in defence and infrastructure spending could also raise inflation over the medium term," the council said. Principal Asset Management ...

GAM nabs Janus Henderson equities team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... career at the firm. Barker joined Janus Henderson's research team in 2021, having previously worked as an aerospace, defence and industrials analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. O'Hara said the timing was right "It's great to be joining ...