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Inside Colonial First State's fund manager selection overhaul

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) managed the two best-performing MySuper options over the year to March 31. The wealth management and superannuation provider's head of equities Ben Lam explains the "art and science" behind its recently evolved manager ...

Bangarra Group awards real estate mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
Family office Bangarra Group has appointed a real estate fund manager to help it build more than 3000 homes in the UK, of which one third will be dedicated to affordable housing. London-based Fairway Capital has won the investment adviser and manager ...

Patience urged over 'shortsighted' super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAY 2025
The SMSF Association (SMSFA) is repeating calls for the government to address "catastrophic" flaws in its proposed superannuation tax. SMSFA chief executive Peter Burgess said the critical flaw in the proposed tax is its calculation of investment earnings ...

Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Frontier Advisors has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Darwis as an associate in the firm's real assets team. Darwis brings research and consulting experience in the property sector and joins Frontier from PPC Urban, where she carried out ...

US, China trade truce 'welcome' news for Australia: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
The United States and China have agreed to a temporary easing of trade tensions for a 90-day period. The move will see US tariffs on Chinese imports drop from 145% to 30%, while China will cut duties on American goods from 125% to 10%. While welcome ...

AMP, intelliflo introduce dashboard enhancements for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... steps are completed via a workflow progress bar. AMP said these features will reduce "follow-ups, minimise delays, and enable real-time servicing." Additionally, advisers can now upload documents directly to North, access full audit updates via the activity ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Labor has secured 93 of the 150 seats up for grabs in the House of Representatives, with a few still in doubt - more than Kevin Rudd or Bob Hawke claimed in their maiden election victories - but does this historic win over the Coalition spell bad news ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Australia can get hurt by US President Donald Trump's 'incoherent' and 'lunatic' tariff policies that appear to have no logic or endgame if China's economy experiences a drastic slowdown, academics say. Australian National University ...

US financial market dominance can't last indefinitely: MSCI

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... distributing at around 40% to 60% of historical levels, helped by the fact that loans naturally mature. Lester said that "real slowdown" in distributions reflects that many assets are being held - let's say, private equity positions - at valuations ...

HESTA members to keep paying fees as disruption continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... for them to manage their super. "The transition to GROW will provide faster, customisable technology and access to better, real-time data that can support us and our partners in providing more personalised and adaptive experiences for members over time," ...