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Family offices stand firm on sustainable investing

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2025
... for many family offices in terms of investment themes. Food and agriculture, healthcare, and circular and innovative materials are other important themes. SFI chief executive Katy Yung said the results show real and genuine commitment to sustainable ...

ASIC permanently bans convicted investment manager

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2025
... 2022 after being found to have engaged in "misleading and deceptive conduct" by publishing and distributing promotional materials - ASIC was, however, satisfied that Jakob and AlphaThorn's conduct was careless as opposed to deliberate or dishonest. ...

Funds SA pushes for efficiencies with AI targets

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... Michalakis saying "it's very early days." So far, the team has largely used it to build presentations and develop educational materials and tools. Keyword searches in research documents may well come next, he added. "We're using it as an assistant, for ...

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... market's "fixation" on revenue growth and momentum has left opportunities in more "mundane" sectors like energy and materials, which are largely ignored. "We see abundant opportunity in these less fashionable corners of the market," Conlon said. "We ...

TelstraSuper Balanced option makes 9.3%

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2025
... was the standout performer, returning 9%, with the next-best performing sector being financials which returned 4.3%. Materials was the worst-performing sector, returning -3.1%.

GQG assets hit record high despite underperformance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JUL 2025
... "extraordinary market volatility" after US tariffs were rolled out. GQG also scaled back holdings in communication services, materials and industrials across all four flagship strategies, but not to the extent that it undercut tech and consumer discretionary ...

Regulators note advances in life insurers' practices

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... increases might not have aligned with policy terms or met policyholder expectations set by disclosure and marketing materials, though has since noted progress. The regulators said life companies need to strengthen their risk management and compliance ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... where domestic revenues are 75% and 78% respectively. Small caps also have more exposure to sectors like industrials and materials, areas we expect to benefit from the onshoring and near-shoring trend," he said.

Top companies, chief executives ranked by fund managers

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... leadership, and quality of communication. The survey found the best chief executives to be: Mike Henry of BHP (Basic Materials), Damien Nicks of AGL (Utilities & Alternative Energy), Shemara Wikramanayake of Macquarie Group (Banks & Non-bank Finance) ...

Greenwashing remains an enforcement priority: ASIC

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... concerned about the compliance requirements on them under the new laws. ASIC is set to deliver a set of educational materials in conjunction with accounting standards body AASB to help this group better understand their reporting obligations. Greenwashing ...