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ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... participation... If you think about public markets, one reason we worry about the flatlining outlook for public markets versus private is the best place to get access and participation is the public markets. There are centuries, if not decades-long traditions ...

Family offices up equities, dial down alternatives: Goldman Sachs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... came from lower allocations to private equity, which was down from 26% in 2023 to 21%. Private credit was up to 4% in 2025 versus 3% in 2023, while hedge funds were steady at 6%. Private real estate and infrastructure allocations were also higher at ...

Schroder urges 'open dialogue' with government

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025
... kind of financial return super funds need. "Super funds think long-term, but our returns must be real. And I mean real versus nominal. Our default investment option - where most AustralianSuper members are invested- targets CPI plus 4%. That's a benchmark ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... cuts next year. "I think the nuance is that once they start cutting this year here, they don't stop until they cut 100 versus kind of a stop and go approach." Also in this "benign" outlook is a view that while US growth won't be off the charts ...

Legal costs weigh on AMP profits

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 AUG 2025
... underlying profits. However, net cash outflows (excluding pension payments) did improve year on year, coming in at $75 million versus the $470 million seen in 1H24. And, earlier this year, it achieved its first positive net cashflow position since 2017. ...

Superannuation is Australia's 'productivity engine': ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2025
... But there is more to be done, she added, noting that the productivity conversation "must dare to go beyond the 'bosses versus workers' narrative." Some key areas to increase productivity include reducing regulatory volatility for long-term investment ...

Gold ETFs outshine large caps: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 JUL 2025
... to 7.1% p.a. in April. International fixed interest largely matched its market index, with a median return of 5.2% p.a. versus 5.3% p.a. Across three-year returns, 12 ETFs made the list for leading products across nine sectors. ETFs were prominent in ...

Local assets help deliver 12% for ART

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
... realised that it is increasingly challenging for large funds, and any superannuation fund, given the pace of growth of super versus the Australian market, to maintain our domestic allocation, because we use index investing quite a bit, we think we're ...

Betashares gearing up to expand Wealth Builder product suite

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2025
... Geared (30-40% LVR) Complex ETF (ASX: GNDQ) was launched in October last year. GNDQ has returned 13.49% since inception versus the Nasdaq 100 (AUD)'s 10.71% and reeled in $36.2 million in net assets. A Betashares spokesperson said the Wealth Builder ...

GESB to roll out premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... slight. A 40-year-old male will pay $1.63 per $1000 amount insured, up from $1.62. A woman of the same age will pay $1.47 versus $1.46. Members with salary continuance insurance will also benefit from a reduction, GESB said. A 40-year-old male will pay ...