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Advisers acquired 300k new clients in 2025: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2025
... pressures, the survey reveals, as a slightly higher proportion of women cite financial concerns compared with men (91% versus 89%). Women also tend to report lower confidence in key areas such as making financial decisions, discussing their financial ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... typically high-value land is in areas where there is more certainty around rainfall and irrigation and productive capacity, versus areas where it might be a little more marginal," he says. Expensive properties in Queensland and Northern Territory, with ...

FEATURE: Fund admin | Tight Ship

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2025
... FY30. SS&C Technologies chief growth officer for Australia Lachlan Allardice says there are nuances in servicing retail versus industry super funds. A retail master trust tends to have lots of employers, whereas industry funds historically have been ...

Former Income Asset Management staffer embezzles $1.5m

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 SEP 2025
... maturity payment being made, and a monthly portfolio holding report is sent for each account holder. IAM reconciles the cash versus security/asset settlement daily with PCT," IAM said. The bond administration and custody arrangements with PCT are not ...

National decline in retirement confidence: AMP

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2025
... retiring alone (two in five) and supporting themselves financially. Only one in three separated/divorced women feel confident, versus over half of separated/divorced men, compounding gendered differences. Jobseekers in their 40s show the deepest concerns ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... to purchase new units when the markets rise (21% compared to 12% for the APAC region), and the least likely to sell (21% versus 31%). Both surveys identified financial stability as the main driver behind Australians' investment decisions. The Sharesies ...

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 ...