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US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
The US stock market has returned nearly twice as much as international markets since the Global Financial Crisis, which subsequently resulted in its share of global equity market capitalisation approaching almost 70% by the end of last year. History ...

Ascent Investment mastermind cops 33 criminal charges

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Michael Dunjey, the mastermind behind a $149 million alleged Ponzi scheme, has been charged with 33 criminal offences. On May 9, the Perth Magistrates Court charged Dunjey, the director of Ascent Investment and Coaching, with 23 counts of fraud under ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood has voiced concerns about the future of Div 296, given Labor's overwhelming victory at the federal election. The proposed 30% tax on superannuation balances above $3 million could ...

Super moves: QIC, VFMC, ESSSuper, Aware Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Vivian Xu has joined Victorian Fund Management Corporation to work on quant strategies across global markets. Xu arrived from Frontier Advisers, where she was promoted to the new quantitative research consultant within the capital markets and asset ...

BlackRock takes stake in Generation Life parent company

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
BlackRock will acquire a minority stake in Generation Development Group (ASX: GDG), forming a strategic partnership with its retirement income subsidiary Generation Life to "set a new standard for managing longevity and sequencing risk." Joint working ...

Macquarie reprimanded again for derivatives compliance failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
ASIC is again taking action against Macquarie Bank for "multiple and significant compliance failures" relating to its futures-dealing business and over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives trade reporting. The failures have been undetected for many years ...

Labor wins: What super, advice industries want

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
Industry groups representing financial advice and superannuation have congratulated Anthony Albanese and the Labor government for the overwhelming federal election win over the weekend. Super Members Council (SMC) said it is looking forward to working ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
The Coalition has confirmed that it plans to make paying superannuation on Commonwealth Paid Parental Leav e (PPL) optional for working mothers, as a $158 million budget saving measure. The Coalition's election costings revealed several cost-saving ...

Super moves: Cbus, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Funds SA deputy chief investment officer and director of equities has jumped to Cbus Super, the industry fund for building and construction workers. After seven years with the $46 billion investment corporation owned by the government of South Australia ...

Aware Super on hunt for new chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
Aware Super chief investment officer Damian Graham is transitioning to a new role, with the fund now conducting a global search for his replacement. Graham will relocate to the fund's London office to take on the role of head of international at ...