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Retirement expectations of young Australians surge

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... struggled to understand foundational concepts like interest, inflation and the importance of diversification in managing risk. Despite rapidly mounting income expectations and housing concerns, one in two working Australians (48%) have no plan to prepare ...

FEATURE: Problem detected

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2025
... when members are altering their details, withdrawing funds, or using any other functionality that would be considered "high risk". Conscious of the consequences from the series of attacks earlier this year, APRA brought forward the deadline for super ...

Private markets, asset class correlations upending 60-40 portfolio

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... income. But that relation itself can be unstable and changes over time. In 2022, for example, that correlation between credit risk and equity risk and interest rate risk turned very positive and moderated a little bit," he told a GSFM event in Sydney. ...

Zenith reaffirms Metrics ratings amid doubts

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... and we do think they are consistent with best practice, and not something that you can ignore when you're assessing the risk of these strategies," Sebire said. While Metrics said it does not comment on separate rating outcomes, during an investor ...

RBA's Hauser warns super funds of $1tn FX risk

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... much of which will have to be invested overseas, makes it ever more important that super funds in particular scale up their risk management and scenario planning capacity." Hauser said there is also a growing challenge in protecting super funds' offshore ...

Australian investors undeterred by global market turbulence

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2025
... increase their investments. Even more participants (65%) admitted to being comfortable with the same or increased amount of risk in their choice investments. Findings indicated Australians have a strong preference for local assets, with 73% of respondents ...

Former staffer sues ASX, Lofthouse over bullying

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... wrote a damning open letter to the market operator to address their increasing concern over the management of operational risk. "The RBA and ASIC are increasingly concerned and deeply disappointed over the management of operational risk at ASX, following ...

Supply and demand dynamics shift PE secondaries landscape: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... - a small but evolving segment of the market designed to attract investors. Overall, the opportunity set is moving up the risk curve, with a particular increase in the availability of products with exposure to dedicated secondaries funds including venture ...

Zenith names portfolio solutions lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... prioritising client outcomes, leveraging rigorous and contemporary research to build resilient portfolios, and upholding strong risk management and governance practices in an increasingly complex and regulated environment." Zenith's portfolio solutions ...

Insurers' approaches reinforcing mental health stigma: Life CCC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2025
... underwriting guidelines reviewed, almost all relied solely on exclusions rather than exploring alternative ways to manage risk, such as higher premiums, limits, or caps, the Life CCC said. This approach can limit access to cover and may unintentionally ...