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Trade war could have positive impact on Aussie GDP: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUL 2025
New modelling from the Productivity Commission (PC) in its annual Trade and Assistance Review (TAR) shows that proposed US trade policy measures will have a marginal direct impact on the Australian economy, but the risks and uncertainty they bring may ...

Scientific Beta offers portfolio solution to institutional investors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
Index solutions provider Scientific Beta said 'completion portfolios' can be used by institutional investors to address unintended alignments in their portfolio positioning. Scientific Beta's research showed that even the most meticulously designed ...

BUSSQ's boardroom brass cleared, CFMEU spend deemed sound

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUL 2025
Queensland-based industry super fund BUSSQ, which has ties to the scandal-plagued Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining, and Energy Union (CFMEU) through its board, emerged largely unscathed from an independent report by KPMG. BUSSQ was hit with ...

Australia progresses climate transition disclosures, planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2025
Australia is showing progress with disclosing and adopting its clean energy transition initiatives as investors' demand for credible emissions reduction strategies grows, a study from MSCI shows. Among listed Australian companies analysed in the APAC ...

Former TCorp exec sets up consultancy

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2025
A longtime investment professional has set up an investment consultancy to advise superannuation funds on the total portfolio approach (TPA) to investment. Nigel Wilkin-Smith founded Long Horizon Enterprises to address what he sees as a glaring gap ...

ASIC accuses Kalkine of providing unlicensed advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2025
ASIC has told Kalkine it must appoint an independent compliance consultant to address concerns its customer service representatives have been giving unlicensed advice. Kalkine is an equity research house which produces stock analysis and buy, hold and ...

Australian Unity offloads property fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025
Australian Unity has agreed to sell Australian Unity Investments Limited (AUIL), the responsible entity of the Australian Unity Property Income Fund (PIF), to Newmark Capital (Newmark). The transaction includes the transfer of management rights for ...

HESTA sells out of MinRes after failed engagement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
HESTA divested its remaining shareholding in Mineral Resources (MinRes) following the resignation of the miner's entire ethics and governance committee just six months after it was established. The $89 billion fund put MinRes on watch in October last ...

ASIC cancels licence of Brite Advisors

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
ASIC has cancelled the Australian financial services licence of Brite Advisors after the now-defunct investment and pension firm failed to compensate a client, triggering a payout under the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR). The regulator cancelled ...

ClearBridge launches three active ETFs

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 APR 2025
ClearBridge Investments has launched three actively managed ETFs focused on global infrastructure on the ASX. The ClearBridge Global Infrastructure Value Fund Active ETF (ASX: CUIV), Global Infrastructure Value Fund (Hedged) Active ETF (ASX: CIVH) and ...