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Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... and what I mentioned on growth? "How does that all play into long bonds? Not favourably. And so, I would say our bias is pretty much avoidant of long duration, US Treasuries, and even more recently, folk getting more and more down the curve." A "safe ...

MP says Coalition will 'fight to the death' over $3m super tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
... them have superannuation balances that are over $3 million. This is not ordinary folks we are talking about," she said. "Pretty hard to buy a farm for less than [$3 million] these days," Canavan argued before the segment was ended. It comes as Wilson ...

Superhero plans 'mass affluent' wealth play

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
... biggest unsolved challenges in our space. We haven't seen anyone truly crack the nut on it yet, but we think we're pretty close. Our goal is to make it accessible, understandable, and affordable for the mass market." Superhero has added three ...

Large penalties against super funds are appropriate: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... funds to court where there have been failures, but how the court responds is not under its control. "It's actually pretty simple from ASIC's perspective. The courts have various basis on which they'll set the fine for penalty. So that is a matter ...

Australian firms may face 'intense competition': RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2025
... visited China just after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariffs and while the extent of then was a shock, the sentiment was "pretty positive". "The Chinese economy was seen as picking up in early 2025; China felt it had a strong hand in responding to the economic ...

Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
... dialled down because a lot of value managers rely on market conditions to deliver their outperformance. "It's been a pretty horrible period for value managers since the Global Financial Crisis." The team has also tried to minimise "filling buckets ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... of "critical" advice reforms. "As soon as we know who that minister is, we'll certainly be taking to that minister a pretty long list of things that we think are important to get action on soon," Abood said. Abood said after engaging with members ...

Tariff impact on super 'profoundly worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2025
... particularly those in the accumulation phase - to ride out the volatility. "The current crisis, it's man-made. And it's made pretty much by a single man. We know what the solution is here; the solution is for rational people to get around and understand ...

FAAA expands policy team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
... "disappointed". FAAA chief executive Sarah Abood said: "On a first read, we cannot support it without substantial change. This is a pretty disappointing outcome considering the large amount of time and resources that have been invested over three years ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has come out swinging against Treasury and its second tranche of draft Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms, saying it can't support them without "substantial change." FAAA chief executive ...