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Insurance in super remains a mystery to millions of Australians

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
There is still millions of Australians paying for default insurance cover through their superannuation that they don't know about or understand, according to Super Consumers Australia (SCA). SCA found that 19% of people are unsure whether they have ...

Buyout firm nabs GQG executive

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2025
EQT, the Swedish buyout firm, has snapped up GQG Partners' long-serving distribution lead. Daniel Bullock - who worked at GQG for six years - has been appointed EQT's head of private wealth in Australia. Under his leadership, GQG's distribution ...

Hearts & Minds revalues position amid Opthea fallout

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
Following Regal's lead, Hearts & Minds Investments has now also revalued its holding in Opthea following its failed clinical trials. Yesterday, Regal announced it had significantly devalued its holdings in the biopharmaceutical company after it ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will boost the Help to Buy scheme and revive the drooping housing construction sector in a bid to build more homes faster and tackle housing unaffordability. As part of the Federal Budget, Chalmers is expanding the Help to Buy ...

Tax rules clarified for managed investment trusts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
The government will amend tax laws to clarify the treatment of managed investment trusts to ensure "legitimate investors" keep their concessional withholding tax rates in Australia. Federal Budget documents said that change complements the Australian ...

Roc Partners launches new PE fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Roc Partners has launched a new evergreen private equity fund, which it said is the first of its kind in Australia. The Roc Summit Private Equity Fund aims to provide access to a diversified portfolio of primarily Australian and New Zealand private ...

Government plans to develop 'fit for purpose' digital asset regime

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2025
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and special envoy for cyber security and digital resilience Andrew Charlton have announced plans to develop a digital asset regime, aimed at providing clarity and certainty to the sector. They said this initiative would help to ...

Resolution Capital to list second active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
Resolution Capital will add another active ETF to its product lineup next week. The Resolution Capital Global Listed Infrastructure Fund - Active ETF (RIIF) will launch on the ASX on Tuesday, March 25. The new offering provides direct listed access ...

Vanguard ETFs record most consistent monthly net flows: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
Vanguard ETFs have recorded the most consistent inflows of any manager over the past two years, according to Rainmaker Information. Over the two years to December 2024, monthly net flows to its ETFs showed an autocorrelation of 0.59 - a statistical ...

State Super: In decline but doing fine

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
State Super closed its main defined benefit schemes in 1985 and 1992, meaning the fund is on a long slow march to completion. Its chief executive John Livanas unpacks the challenges of managing a fund with no new members and an inevitable end. State ...