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En garde: New fund eyes Vanguard, Betashares' turf

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2025
Vanguard, Betashares, and BlackRock have an iron grip over the ETF industry, commanding the lion's share of funds under management (FUM) - thanks largely to their flagship core, low-cost equity exposures. However, Financial Standard understands that ...

Australian Ethical, CEFC pour $30m into climate tech venture

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2025
Responsible investor Australian Ethical and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have each committed $15 million into the first close of the new fund curated by Climate Tech Partners (CTP). CTP is a local climate venture platform deploying capital ...

ASIC reads the riot act to the super industry: Longo

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 JUN 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has hailed the superannuation industry's $4.1 trillion war chest, which is larger than the ASX's total market capitalisation, as an impressive achievement. But for all its size and influence, Longo reinforced at the AmCham Regulator ...

Industry funds feast, retail funds snack, corporate funds freefall

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
APRA's quarterly superannuation statistics have lifted the lid on the ongoing battle for Australia's retirement assets; industry funds charged forward, retail funds made gains without breaking into a sprint, while corporate funds retreated further. ...

Third Link adds three underlying Aussie equity managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
The investment manager of the Third Link Growth Fund has added three new Australian equity managers to its underlying portfolio to enhance the fund's active manager lineup, while broadening diversification and bolstering long-term returns. Australian ...

VanEck to intro RMBS, India ETFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
VanEck will soon list two new ETFs, one being an RMBS strategy and the other investing in Indian growth stocks. The VanEck Australian RMBS ETF (ASX: RMBS) will give investors access to a residential mortgage-backed securities strategy, which VanEck ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink says the fund manager can upend the public-private market divide in the same way it has capitalised on active and passive investing. In his annual letter to investors, Fink said assets in the form of data centres ...

Not one trustee tracked end-to-end claims handling times: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2025
A review of major superannuation trustees by ASIC found that not even one monitored or reported on the full process of death benefit claims handling. The review of superannuation trustees including, Australian Retirement Trust, Avanteos (Colonial First ...

Clean energy strategies a gateway to long-term growth

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2025
Although fossil fuel investment has increased in the short term, all natural resources companies surveyed by Willis, a WTW business, have some form of a clean energy strategy. Willis' survey of 450 "senior decision markers" in energy and natural resources ...

ASIC, ASFA spar over super fund trustees 'not knowing' their business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2025
ASIC chair Joe Longo has torched the superannuation sector, branding it the "poster child" for what can and does go wrong when governance implodes, while accusing directors of "not knowing" their business. In a speech at the Australian Institute of ...