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Franklin Templeton folds Martin Currie into affiliates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... cultural values. Both groups share a clear commitment to sustainability and a shared vision of driving positive change in public equities through active ownership," Franklin Templeton said. California-based Franklin Templeton currently has more than ...

Minimum service standards for super funds welcomed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2025
... consumer advocates, regulators and industry stakeholders to develop the standards and the draft standards will be released for public consultation. The Super Members Council (SMC) strongly welcomed the plan. SMC chief executive Misha Schubert said super ...

Super failures, greenwashing: ASIC's key issues in 2025

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JAN 2025
... views the issues facing Australia's financial system," it said. ASIC said it was focused on the changing dynamic between public and private markets, and superannuation members being let down by their fund and trustee and identified issues which undermine ...

Chalmers' claims on super tax are 'misleading': SMSFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025
... capital gains," Burgess explained. "By drawing a parallel between these distinct approaches, the statement confuses the public about prevailing financial practices within the system and how capital gains are conventionally treated and taxed, thus undermining ...

Super moves: ART, QIC, Rest, CareSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... Group, QSuper, and Immutable. Also joining QIC is Robin Castles who has been appointed as the senior portfolio manager for public markets strategy. Castles has a strong background in portfolio management, specifically with equity index and equity quantitative ...

Chief executive misbehaviour stifles investment returns

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... perspective. Acadian Australia portfolio manager Matt Picone, however, said this underperformance wasn't necessarily because of public scandals, adding that it's also difficult to predict such events. Nevertheless, there can be "red flags" that point ...

Bain Capital improves Insignia Financial bid

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2025
... matched it in its own amended offer. As a result, Insignia Financial has now granted Bain Capital access to certain non-public information so that Bain can determine whether a further improved offer is warranted, just as it did with CC Capital. It comes ...

More climate exits as Trump takes charge

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... membership of NZAM "caused confusion regarding BlackRock's practices and subjected us to legal inquiries from various public officials". In response to the climate group exodus, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) abandoned its requirement ...

RBA is 'overachieving' on inflation target: GSFM

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... February, and I still think that is the case," Miller said. "The quality of the employment growth is largely contributed by the public sector, as the private sector is still very weak. But the reality is that unemployment is at 4%, which is well below ...

Aussie billionaires make $67k per hour: Oxfam

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2025
... super-rich interfered inappropriately in the US election. Over 70% agree that the super-rich disproportionately influence public opinion through the control of media and social media, leverage the law in their own favour, and buy access to policymake ...