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State insurer names new CIO as government review looms

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... of the New Zealand Super Fund. The investment chief oversees one of the world's more unusual mandates: generating returns from a fund designed to cover the costs of New Zealand's universal no-fault accident compensation scheme. So, unlike many ...

Panic selling of SMSF assets 'totally unnecessary'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... efficient way to manage tax inside a large super account. "Division 296 will apply regardless of how a fund generates returns. That's why franked dividends, while not a shield against the new tax, remain a vital part of managing a fund's total ...

Lendlease looks at royal joint venture

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... there are long-term structural challenges facing the UK and aims to invest in those that can generate value and financial returns for the UK, support the UK towards a net zero carbon and energy-secure future, take a leading role in stewarding the UK's ...

SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... long-term, funds with more illiquid investments such as unlisted infrastructure have experienced higher risk-adjusted returns, which suggests they have captured a return premium for investing in these assets," the paper read. "To continue to deliver ...

NAB MySuper class action settlement approved

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... Federal Court, with Maurice Blackburn saying the loss came in the form of the higher fees, commissions and lower investment returns, as well as a reduction in the amount members would have received in interest on their savings.

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... Matt Sherwood has warned that passive investors banking on a repeat of the past 15 years of very strong global equity returns may be sleepwalking into a decade of disappointment. Sherwood said the past decade of US exceptionalism, marked by the extraordinary ...

HESTA sells out of MinRes after failed engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... chair, we don't currently see a path to our concerns being addressed. "We are focused on the delivery of strong long-term returns to our members, and believe selling our remaining holdings was in their best interests at this time. We may reconsider our ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... over the Coalition spell bad news for Australia's stock market? History says no. Over the last 45 years, stock market returns have shown little correlation with which political party holds power, according to Morningstar equity strategist Lochlan Halloway. ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... because AI-related firms account for over 60% of US mega-cap segment's weighting, which helped jack up that group's returns to almost 40% last year - roughly double that of other segments - and are also expected to deliver earnings growth more ...

Ascent Investment mastermind cops 33 criminal charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... Act 2001, amounting to about $2.5 million of investor money. Another five counts relate to falsifying books and annual returns under section 1307 of the Corporations Act 2001. In 2021, ASIC sought freezing orders against Dunjey, alleging at the time ...