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Adviser banned for UGC, Shield involvement

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 AUG 2025
... said Rankin failed to act in the best interests of his clients in doing so, as both funds were speculative, illiquid investments with no historical return data. Clients were referred to Rankin after completing a 'superannuation health check' with another ...

Aberdeen to terminate three funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
Aberdeen Investments is shutting down three funds due to declining investor demand, which has seen the funds diminish in size. The abrdn International Equity Fund, abrdn Multi-Asset Income Fund, and abrdn Multi-Asset Real Return Fund will be terminated ...

Special feature: Hunting for value

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2025
... yield and bank hybrids, being reduced in favour of investment-grade credit with strong fundamentals. "Floating rate investments - like high-yield bonds and bank hybrids benefited when interest rates were rising, as they delivered higher income," he says. ...

Funds SA finalises investment team overhaul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... its investment team, shuffling several roles around and creating some new ones. The organisation, which manages the investments of 13 different super fund, endowment and insurer clients including Super SA, undertook a major operational review late last ...

Cbus appoints head of strategy

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2025
... of strategy and portfolio performance in the fund's CIO office. O'Brien started her career in the property investments, working as an equities analyst, global REITs at global real estate manager Resolution Capital before moving to New York for ...

ASIC to review RG97 to boost property supply

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... disclosed as a transaction cost, while for listed property it is rolled into the overall fee disclosure. As a result, investments can appear more expensive on paper, which discourages funds from investing more in property despite the appetite being there. ...

CBA sets aside $52m for remediation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2025
... two superannuation class actions brought against it. The first is a class action filed against Colonial First State Investments (CFSIL) in October 2018. The claim initially related to investments in cash and deposit options in the Colonial First State ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund divests 11 Israeli companies, cuts mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2025
... Investment Management (NBIM), said it divested 11 Israeli companies at the end of June from a total of 61. Further, all investments in Israeli companies managed by external managers will be moved in-house and managed internally. "We are terminating contracts ...

New Challenger IM notes seek to raise $350m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 AUG 2025
... rate payable is 1M BBSW + 2.75% p.a. Proceeds raised will be invested in a portfolio of public and private credit investments in Australia, New Zealand and global developed markets. This includes corporate, commercial real estate excluding residential ...

Betashares details private markets play, signs first partner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2025
... have the opportunity to improve risk adjusted returns in portfolios by including robust, diversified private asset investments," Vynokur said.