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BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... Alasdair Docherty, a sustainable finance and data analyst at the Norway-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, in a statement. "Large pension funds increasingly see climate change not as a moral issue but as a systemic financial ...

Sequoia expects earnings hit from Shield, First Guardian

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... and First Guardian. Sequoia, instead, is counting on superannuation funds' reserves to remediate victims. Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Advisers Register shows that Sequoia currently has 15 advisers under Sequoia Wealth Management and ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... "Our engagement with the private credit managers that we have invested with has demonstrated a robust level of credit analysis and underwriting standards," he says. "This can't be said for every private credit fund operating, but we suspect that ...

Super moves: AustralianSuper, UniSuper, Team Super, CFS, TAL

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... retail, industrial, education and life sciences assets around Australia. Finkel initially joined UniSuper in the portfolio analysis and implementation team, where he oversaw key operational workflows and served as the sole business partner for both the ...

'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... most under-18 workers, which is also increasing the gender gap and costing women up to $11,000 at retirement. The new analysis comes as a Pyxis survey found 73% of Australians support the change. Under current rules, workers under 18 are only legally ...

JBWere partners to enhance advisers' portfolio analytic capabilities

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... analysing, monitoring, and customising their clients' portfolios. This will provide deeper portfolio insights, richer risk analysis, and greater transparency and reporting for clients," Verner said. "Wealth management continues to evolve to be more personalised ...

Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... survey is both alarming and unsurprising given some of the trends we have been witnessing in our own claims data and analysis. "This issue highlights the importance of resilience and prevention as a continued area of focus for our industry." Meanwhile ...

UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... Investors leading the pack. Emerging market funds delivered 21.1% p.a. in the 12 months to September, Rainmaker's analysis of wholesale funds showed. Despite strong performance, the sector underperformed the market index of 23.7% p.a. by 2.6 percentage ...

Morningstar moves to pay-for-play model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... analysts. It expects the coverage breadth of qualitatively rated funds to expand in Australia. "Client feedback and market analysis have made it clear that Australian investors and advisers most value the insights and qualitative expertise of Morningstar's ...

FAAA's Advice Academy launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... to take, helping future advisers plan ahead for the journey to becoming a licensed professional adviser." Rainmaker's analysis of the Financial Advisers Register at the end of September showed there were 15,446 active advisers. That month, ASIC warned ...