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The University of Sydney Endowment Fund taps new custodian

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2024
... The Endowment Fund, which has $4.4 billion in assets under management, operates a long-term fund, medium term fund, and a short-term fund, investing across a range of domestic and global asset classes, listed and unlisted, and, public and private. It's ...

Super for housing debate heats up

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
A recent report by economist Saul Eslake, which criticised the use of superannuation for home deposits, has been labelled "deeply flawed" by Australian Institute for Progress executive director Graham Young. Young said allowing home buyers to tap into ...

Lack of talent challenging DDO compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2024
The regulator's recent crackdown on risk and compliance in the sector has product issuers stuck between a rock and a hard place, with an extreme dearth of talent making it difficult for fund managers and super funds to meet ASIC's expectations. Earlier ...

Inquiry urges government to consider paid reproductive leave

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2024
... effectiveness of sexual and reproductive health leave policies already introduced in Australia and overseas. While it stopped short of outright recommending leave entitlements be legislated, this research would be done with consideration to introducing ...

Super for housing to exacerbate affordability crisis: Eslake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2024
... residential property prices rising at a faster rate than they would otherwise, especially if growth in the supply of housing falls short of the growth in the underlying demand for housing," he said. "In practice, the scheme proposed by the Liberal and ...

Payday Super penalties ramped up ahead of legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
... "Passing payday super into law this Parliamentary term is crucial to ensure millions of Australians who are currently being short-changed are paid their super on time and in full." "Unpaid super locks too many Australians out of the full transformative ...

Remara launches real estate strategy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2024
Remara Investment Management has launched a real estate fund that invests in the development of small and large-scale projects. The Remara Opportunistic Development Fund is an open-ended managed fund that seeks opportunities in the residential, industrial ...

AMP BOLR litigants face lengthy payout process

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2024
Despite the Federal Court greenlighting the AMP Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) lawsuit settlement amount, there is still a long way to go before financial advisers can have peace of mind with the payout process to potentially draw out to mid-2025. This ...

Janus Henderson to manage new tokenised treasury fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 SEP 2024
... serve as a sub-adviser to the LTF, which will be issued on Centrifuge's public blockchain, giving investors direct access to short-term US Treasury bills. It will manage the fund's daily operations and portfolio through its subsidiary Tabula, which was ...

ECB cuts rates for second time

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2024
... to 2%. Economic activity in the region grew 0.2% in the second quarter, lower than the first quarter's 0.3%, and falling short of projections. ECB president Christine Lagarde said growth stemmed mainly from net exports and government spending. "Private ...