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Younger Aussies want personalised financial advice: CALI

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
New research conducted by the peak body of life insurance indicated close to half of young Australians want financial advice on life insurance, but only one in 10 receive it. The Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) said more Australians between ...

Macquarie AM acquires European student accommodation platforms

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUL 2025
Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) has signed an agreement to acquire and combine two specialist platforms - MILESTONE and BaseStack Living - to expand its presence into the European purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) sector. The acquisitions ...

Bennelong launches Allspring Global Income Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
Bennelong Funds Management has launched the Allspring Global Income Fund in the Australian market as flagged in May. Bennelong recently partnered with Allspring Global Investments to distribute its global income strategy across Australia and New Zealand. ...

Treasury wants 'more confidence' in sustainable product labels

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
The government has initiated a consultation phase on sustainable investment product labelling, releasing a paper aligning to its Sustainable Finance Roadmap. The government is seeking industry-wide feedback on a framework for sustainable investment ...

Macquarie AM closes $6bn European infra strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
Macquarie Asset Management has raised a total of €3.5 billion ($6.3bn) at the final close of its first dedicated European infrastructure debt fund. The Macquarie European Infrastructure Debt Fund (MEID) has raised €1.2 billion ($2.1bn) upon the ...

Lendlease awarded Malaysian pension fund mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
The $50 billion investment manager was awarded a mandate to look after a flagship initiative by Malaysia's largest public sector pension fund, Kumpulan Wang Persaraan (KWAP). With $181 million (RM500m) in committed capital, Lendlease can potentially ...

Beware risks in private markets: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
While access to private markets for wealth managers has evolved in the last decade, so too has the level of risk involved, a report states. According to bfinance's Private Markets for Private Wealth: Democratisation vs Retailisation report, 61% of wealth ...

IFS recovers $226m in unpaid super

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
Industry Fund Services (IFS) has collected more than $226 million of unpaid superannuation in the previous financial year, bringing its total recoveries to over $2 billion to date. Despite the effort, the ability to easily recover super is still a fair ...

QIC to sell partial stake in US renewable energy financing platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
Canadian pension fund La Caisse will acquire a stake in the QIC-backed Renewa, a renewable energy land financing company located in the US, for US$200 million ($307m). QIC acquired 100% ownership of Renewa in 2022. Texas-based Renewa operates as a platform ...

Australian Ethical promotes pair to accelerate growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
The ethical investment manager has promoted two executives to steer growth across its superannuation and investment management businesses. Maria Loyez has become the group executive of superannuation, while chief investment officer Ludovic Theau will ...