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Future Fund makes leadership appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... deliver our strategy while managing an increasingly complex operational budget in volatile market conditions." Future Fund made a series of other changes, including adding Simone Hartley-Keane as chief people, culture and inclusion officer. She replaces ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... look richly valued relative to their market clearing price, and a long queue of investments that are still waiting to be made, that many institutional investors have already promised to devote capital to but haven't deployed," he said.

Bill Gates to shutter Gates Foundation in 2045

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... foundation closes, malaria and measles will also be added to that list. He also believes there will be even more progress made in the treatment of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. On education, he said it remains the number one focus of the foundation in the ...

HCF Life fined $750k for misleading contract term

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... signs or symptoms of the condition existed prior to the customer entering the contract, even if a diagnosis had not been made. Judge Jackman also found that HCF Life could deny coverage even if the customer was not aware of the pre-existing condition ...

Platinum to lose $1bn mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... Capital recently bought 9.6% of Platinum from its founder Kerr Neilson. Including a call option, if a competing offer is made for Platinum, L1 Capital's share would effectively rise to 19.9%. Under the planned deal, Platinum would acquire L1 Capital ...

Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... sovereign wealth fund returned 1.2% for the March quarter, below the 1.9% target. However, over the long run, the fund has made a habit of beating the brief. It has returned 7.5% per annum over 10 years against a 6.9% target, and 7.8% since inception ...

ASIC cancels licence of Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... under this mechanism. ASIC has previously cancelled six other AFS licences and four credit licences after CSLR payments were made. The CSLR, which began processing claims in April last year, can compensation eligible consumers up to $150,000 if a financial ...

Warren Buffett to retire, recommends successor

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... year and put forth who he believes will best lead the company. At the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting, Buffett made the surprise announcement and recommended that Greg Abel take over his post. "I think the time has arrived where Greg should ...

Global economic uncertainty the main priority: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... uniquely impacted by that, but we're really well placed, we are quite well prepared because of the progress that Australians made over the course of the last three years. So, we go into that with a sense of, we're realistic about how this could ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... consumer access to advice. "One of the clearest messages from our members is that well-meaning but overly complex regulation has made financial advice harder to access and more expensive. We need to cut unnecessary red tape and ensure that advisers can ...