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Advisers favour non-traditional equity exposures: Fidante

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... increase client allocations to this sector. Reedman credited this shift to a combination of broader market uncertainty and high valuations. "Small caps have performed well, have historically offered a return premium, and can help to reduce concentration ...

Majority of SMSF establishments based on bad advice: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... outcomes." "Nonetheless, the review highlights that more work is needed to ensure all consumers have access to competent, high-quality advice when making decisions about SMSFs," he said.

Metrics supports efforts to raise standards in private credit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... partner Andrew Lockhart noted Metrics' role as an experienced manager with scale, with its networks helping to originate high-quality investment opportunities, diversify portfolios, and protect investor capital. With over $30 billion in assets under ...

ASIC considers 'cooling off period' for super switching

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2025
... ordinary Australians, in many cases, moving, in my words, their super from a relatively safe, conventional environment into a high-risk environment. And there's plenty of blame to go around for what went wrong there," Longo said. "If you go and buy a ...

RBA on hold but 'not as hawkish as feared'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) surprised no one by keeping interest rates on hold at 3.6% at its November meeting, but economists were paying close attention to the tone of the statement released by the central bank. Betashares chief economist ...

Vanguard proposes tax-free way to save extra cash

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
Vanguard has proposed the introduction of a new scheme through which young Australians could move excess cash into a tax-incentivised investment account. The proposed MyInvestment scheme would involve an account with an annual contribution limit of ...

Private credit funds downplay risks, pose risk to financial system: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
Private credit fund managers downplay the risks of their products and flout basic disclosures of the state of their investments, ASIC's investigation reveals, fearing they have the potential to harm investors, the sector itself and the broader financial ...

Paradice lists mid cap strategy as ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... variety of areas, she noted. Woods added: "The mid cap segment captures the 'survival of the fittest' dynamic - benefiting from high-performing small caps graduating into the index - companies that have moved beyond the concept stage, have established ...

Macquarie sells stake in South Australian asset to ART

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... generators to South Australia power networks and large directly connected clients, with over 6600km of transmission lines and 99 high-voltage substations across a 200,000 square km service area. Through its initial investment in 2003 and an additional ...

Feature: Retirement | The right mix

LACHLAN COLQUHOUN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
There are many myths about retirement, and one of the most common is that people will run out of money. Even as Australians live longer and many spend up to three decades of their lives retired, the Retirement Income Review (RIR) found the typical retiree ...