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Greece launches new innovation, infrastructure fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... highlighted that Greece has restored its investment-grade status, posting one of the Eurozone's highest primary surpluses, and now borrows at rates lower than the US. Its economy is forecast to grow 2.3% in 2025, it said. Greece's Prime Minister ...

Brighter Super investments chief to step down

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... in building a strong, collaborative investment team that consistently delivers for members," Rider said. Brighter Super is now on the search for a new investments chief. Rider will remain with Brighter Super until December to support a seamless handover ...

Rest invests $390m in US REIT

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... million members are decades from retirement, so we think deeply about the major forces shaping the global economy and society now and into the future. This investment is expected to benefit from one of these megatrends: systemic changes to debt markets," ...

Cbus vows faster death benefit payouts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... also reduce the death claim process by about four to six weeks. Cbus and its administrator Link Market Services, which is now a subsidiary of MUFG Pension and Market Services, have been slammed for several death benefit processing failures. Taking Cbus ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... Life Code, commencing on October 1, following the increase in payouts for mental illness. The Life CCC recognised the surge, now placing pressure on sustainability and affordability across the sector to accommodate mental illness. Meanwhile, the inquiry ...

ASIC takes aim at super, private markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025
... as well as insights from the latest covenant 'pulse check' with APRA to inform further work in this area," Constant said. "Now with more than 100,000 Australians retiring each year, super funds need to do better." Constant added that ASIC has a multi-year ...

Family offices up equities, dial down alternatives: Goldman Sachs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... including about one quarter based in Asia Pacific, found equities have become favoured amid the geopolitical unrest that is now their key investment risk. The report, Adapting to the Terrain, showed that allocations to equities rose to 31% from 28% over ...

Court extends freezing orders on First Mutual Private Equity

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... March 2024 to July 2025 and intended for investment, may "have not been used for that purpose and may be at risk." ASIC is now concerned that a "significant proportion" of the funds have been used for gambling purposes, and so far, "no underlying investment ...

FEATURE: Back in action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 SEP 2025
... says he avoids the use of margin loans as much as possible, as the risk is too high for most clients. "I spend a lot of time now, when we eventually see margin loans pop up, unwinding them more than anything else," he says. Saikal-Skea says when he deals ...

Retirement lifestyle costs continue to rise: ASFA

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2025
... spending more than ever on digital connectivity, such as smartphones, streaming services, and internet. These digital essentials now cost couples $58 per week at the comfortable level and $45 at the modest level, which were updated this quarter to include ...