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Holding mega-cap stocks could be detrimental: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 MAR 2025
The historically high levels of concentration in equity markets of recent years, powered by a handful of mega-caps, points to a likely resurgence of diversified strategies over the next decade, according to new research by Scientific Beta. Scientific ...

Chalmers boosts Help to Buy scheme, construction sector

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... support Australians buy homes with lower deposits and smaller mortgages with an additional $800 million, taking the total equity investments to $6.3 billion. This is via increasing property price caps and increasing income caps from $90,000 to $100,000 ...

Roads, railways, NBN winners in Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... Upgrade Stage 2 planning works in the Australian Capital Territory. Meanwhile, NBN Co. will be bolstered by an additional equity investment of up to $3 billion to upgrade Australia's remaining national fibre-to-the-node network to enable access to ...

Payday super on track, but so is the $3m super tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... this change in the Budget, but look forward to working with the incoming government to make sure this vitally important equity measure is delivered," she said. The Budget also confirmed it would proceed with tax on superannuation balances exceeding $3 ...

DBFO reforms package 'pretty disappointing': FAAA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
... advice on key areas of retirement to consumers, like, estate planning, aged care, and the Age Pension, including the Home Equity Access Scheme. She noted that funds have little commercial incentive to offer advice in these areas, as they don't affect ...

Sliver of Aussie global equity managers beat index: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Just 15% of active Australian global equity fund managers outperformed the benchmark, making 2024 one of the worst years for performance, the latest SPIVA Scorecard shows. Last year saw 85% of active global equity funds struggle to keep pace over the ...

Roc Partners launches new PE fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2025
Roc Partners has launched a new evergreen private equity fund, which it said is the first of its kind in Australia. The Roc Summit Private Equity Fund aims to provide access to a diversified portfolio of primarily Australian and New Zealand private ...

Perpetual Private awards $60m mandate

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
Perpetual Private has added the Osmosis Resource Efficient Core Equity Fund to its multi-asset, multi-manager programme, with an initial allocation of $60 million. The Osmosis Core Equity Fund targets a better risk-adjusted return than the MSCI World ...

Iress enhances US equity market data feed with Cboe

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAR 2025
... application programming interface (API) technology QuantHouse is collaborating with Cboe Global Markets to increase its US equity market data offering through the Cboe One Feed. The Cboe One Feed, available for all QuantHouse clients, is a consolidated ...

Canada pension fund hires ex-CalPERS CIO

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2025
... Canada's largest pension scheme has hired a former CalPERS investment chief who famously led a big push into private equity and private debt. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has confirmed the appointment of Ben Meng as head of investment ...