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Labor proposes changes to ancillary funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUN 2025
Labor is proposing several reforms to giving or ancillary funds that include increasing the annual distribution rate and smoothing out minimal distributions over three years. In the consultation paper Giving fund reforms: Distribution rate and smoothing ...

State Street's plan for power, product, partnerships

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... them save, and help educate," he said. Having been a fixture in Australia for some 35 years, SSGA has been afforded the benefit of father time to cement rock-solid ties - not just with wealth firms like Raiz, but with institutional asset owners that ...

Perpetual mulls tie up with Partners Group

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... strategies that will allow Perpetual to invest in a company's full lifecycle through various markets and for investors to benefit from exposure to different parts of the capital structure in the future. "Potential solutions could also allow for dynamic ...

GESB to roll out premium changes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... up from $1.62. A woman of the same age will pay $1.47 versus $1.46. Members with salary continuance insurance will also benefit from a reduction, GESB said. A 40-year-old male will pay $28.94 instead of $29.45, while a female of the same age will pay ...

Super funds to take stock of information security controls

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... authentication (MFA) or equivalent controls for all high-risk activities, including changing member details, withdrawals, benefit payments/transfers/rollover requests and investment switching, and for all administrative or privileged access. "Solutions ...

ASIC shrinks IPO timetable to boost listings

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2025
... other regions. Welcoming the initiative, ASX general manager of listings James Posnett said the shorten timeframe will benefit investors and issuers. "The announcement is a positive step forward for the listed markets in Australia. While cyclicality ...

Lower interest rates conducive for bigger risk appetite, small caps

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 JUN 2025
... and 78% respectively. Small caps also have more exposure to sectors like industrials and materials, areas we expect to benefit from the onshoring and near-shoring trend," he said.

Private credit market has lenders sweating

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025
Stamford Capital's Debt Capital Markets survey has revealed that lenders are uneasy about the size and practices of Australia's private credit market. The survey gauged the sentiment of 100 major banks, non-banks, and second-tier banks. Stamford Capital ...

New Forests sees potential in Vietnamese timber

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
New Forests made its first investment in Vietnam, backing one of the country's top suppliers of lumber and logs. Via the Tropical Asia Forest Fund 2 (TAFF2), New Forests has invested in Tavico Group. It is the fourth investment made by the fund ...

Islamic finance industry association established

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUN 2025
The Islamic Finance and Investments Association (IFIA) will work to further Australia's nascent Islamic banking, finance and investments sector and Shariah compliant standards. Launched today, the IFIA is led by chief executive Chaaban Omran, the former ...