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Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Perpetual head of investment strategy Matt Sherwood has warned that passive investors banking on a repeat of the past 15 years of very strong global equity returns may be sleepwalking into a decade of disappointment. Sherwood said the past decade of ...

Former Qualitas duo launch funds management shop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Former Qualitas duo Manuel Paraskevos and Ethan Dixon have opened Poinsettia Capital, a Brisbane-based advisory and funds management firm that provides tailored debt and equity finance for mid-market residential projects in South-East Queensland. The ...

NZ Super appoints inaugural chief operating officer

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation, manager of NZ Super Fund, has promoted Paula Steed to the newly created position of chief operating officer. The appointment combines Steed's current role of general manager technology and general manager ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Daniel Mulino is the new minister for financial services and assistant treasurer. Mulino was named in the position by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday. He brings a great deal of relevant experience to the portfolio. With an extensive background ...

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

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... million from $3 million," Abood said. "So that will obviously catch quite a lot more people. They're also looking for a ban on lending in self-managed super funds on property." Abood said lowering the threshold will put many more retirees at risk ...

Vista Equity Partners, S64 to bring strategy to APAC

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
The new fund, VistaOne, will provide APAC investors with access to a balanced portfolio of 'mission-critical' software solutions via Vista's private equity platform. VistaOne invests across the lifecycle of large, mid, and small cap private software ...

Aware Super appoints UK private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Aware Super has bolstered its London team with the appointment of three executives to manage its infrastructure, private equity and property portfolios in Europe and the US. Importantly, the $190 billion superannuation fund has recruited Frank Bulman ...

Mercer Super recruits whistleblower as risk chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
A former UniSuper risk executive has landed at Mercer Superannuation Australia as its new chief risk officer. Mercer Super has confirmed the appointment of Dennis Gentilin - an ex-banker turned whistleblower - to the role. "Dennis' expertise and ...

The top-performing (and worst) asset classes of the past year

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
Mercer's annual periodic table, which charts 17 major asset classes investment returns on an annual basis over the last decade, reveals that there's few reliable themes, except that greater risk tends to be rewarded by greater return. Equity ...

Fed holds rates, but RBA still poised for a cut

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAY 2025
The US Federal Reserve left interest rates on hold when it met overnight as it takes a "patient" stance while it awaits the inflationary impacts of US President Donald Trump's tariffs. The Fed noted that "uncertainty about the economic outlook has increased" ...