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Treasury wants 'more confidence' in sustainable product labels

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2025
The government has initiated a consultation phase on sustainable investment product labelling, releasing a paper aligning to its Sustainable Finance Roadmap. The government is seeking industry-wide feedback on a framework for sustainable investment ...

ISS Market Intelligence acquires Autus

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
... Rainmaker Information recently rebranded the RainmakerLive terminal to Rainmaker MarketPro and introduced several key product updates. Head of ISS Market Intelligence Ben Doob said: "This acquisition reflects our continued commitment to deepening our ...

Hostplus closes two investment options

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2025
Hostplus said it plans to shutter two investment options, effective 30 September 2025. The $128 billion super fund will close the International Shares - Emerging Markets and the International Shares (Hedged) - Indexed options. Hostplus said it is closing ...

Perpetual wealth hires sustainability manager

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... JP Morgan Asset Management and KPMG in Hong Kong. Now based in Sydney, Phillips will be embedding sustainability into product development, marketing initiatives, and client engagement strategies across Perpetual's wealth management business. The ...

ASIC fines advice groups over unregistered advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... the AFSL of Smart Financial, which has offices in Warilla and Nowra in New South Wales. According to ASIC, the financial product advice the unregistered adviser dealt in here related to superannuation. Meanwhile Skye Money is the AFSL behind Skye Wealth ...

How will Trump's tariffs impact the RBA?

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
After the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised economists by leaving interest rates on hold in July, GSFM investment specialist Stephen Miller expects the central bank will have some of its concerns addressed as US President Donald Trump's tariffs ...

Beware risks in private markets: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
... added that wealth managers weighing into the asset class risk compromising other important factors. "Firms that conflate product availability with portfolio suitability undermining trust, performance outcomes, and long-term portfolio benefits," bfinance ...

Investors 'ignoring' volatility: Schroders

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2025
The Schroders 2025 mid-year investment outlook has said investors are suffering from "volatility fatigue" as they are increasingly ignoring the ongoing geopolitical risk, economic volatility, and policy uncertainty. Schroders said instead, investors ...

Australian Ethical promotes pair to accelerate growth

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2025
... investment officer. His role will oversee the growth of this part of the business and will include responsibility for product and distribution as well as continued focus on delivering strong investment capability for both business lines, Australian Ethical ...

Most Hostplus options achieve double-digit returns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2025
... For pension members, those in the Balanced option got a return of 12.22% and 13.43% was returned to those in the Indexed product. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said the results came down to continued growth in equities and the decent ...