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ASIC blasts managed funds' poor compliance plans

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2025
Too many responsible entities (REs) of managed funds are falling short of their obligations to adequately address design and distribution obligations (DDO), the reportable situations regime and internal dispute resolution processes and reporting (IDR) ...

Life insurers report another profitable quarter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... About $5.7 billion was generated in insurance revenue, marking a 3% rise from the December 2024 quarter. Life insurers managed to turn the $15 million after-tax loss into $332 million in net profit, partly driven by positive insurance service results ...

UK treasury provides guidance on local pension consolidation

MATT TOLEDO  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... the long term. That cost reduction is based on a 12-basis-point reduction in costs applied to $1.6 trillion (£800bn) in managed assets by 2030. The pension consolidation will become law through the Pension Schemes Bill, expected to be introduced this ...

Macquarie snaps up Brazil toll road system

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
Macquarie Asset Management has acquired 100% of Monte Rodovias, a toll road portfolio platform in Brazil, via its managed funds with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners VI. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The platform comprises of the concessionaires ...

Aware Super beefs up sustainability team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... investment house, she led the integration of ESG data and the UN Sustainable Development Goals into the investment process and managed the firm's active stewardship activities with portfolio companies, key stakeholders, and industry peers. With a ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
... billion, while corporate funds continued their retreat, shedding $10.3 billion, according to the prudential regulator. Self-managed super funds (SMSFs), meanwhile, banked $26.1 billion, as of 31 March 2025. Industry funds command $1.49 trillion, retail ...

New SMSF trustees drive financial advice uptake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
Trustees of newly established self-managed super funds (SMSFs) are behind a surge in the uptake of financial advice, according to a Vanguard/Investment Trends SMSF report. The report, while showing that adviser influence is growing in new SMSF set-ups ...

Responsible investing buoyed by instos: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2025
... their money responsibly and ethically. Further, RIAA's members currently represent more than 75% of the professionally managed assets in Australia. "The 13 largest super funds in Australia are now part of RIAA's membership and attending this ...

Centuria divests three industrial assets

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... 2005 for $3.28 million and is anticipated to provide an 11.4% IRR. Modus handled the sale of Stapylton, while Colliers managed the transactions for Salisbury and Heathwood. Centuria manages over $6.2 billion of industrial assets across Australian and ...

La Trobe debuts first ASX-listed investment product

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 MAY 2025
... heavyweights Betashares, BlackRock, Vanguard, and VanEck. La Trobe's Australia Credit Fund 12 Month Term Account topped actively managed funds by net flows over the period.