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Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... position. The fund manager would need to put in $10 billion into a company, Entchev explained, noting that there are very few companies that can do that without having an impact on the price. Incidentally, fund managers would end up constraining their ...

ASFA expands financial crime prevention framework for super trustees

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has launched two new tools to help super trustees strengthen their fraud controls. The new features, dubbed the Scams and Fraud Toolkit and the Scams Policy Template, are now available and ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... the asset class has significant runway. "We estimate there is comfortably a US$1.5 trillion market opportunity over the next few years alone," Perry explains. He says direct lending allows lenders to maintain seniority in the capital structure, allowing ...

Preparing earlier boosts average super balance by over $250k: Brighter Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Australians who plan ahead are not only more comfortable in retirement but also see their super balances growing "significantly" higher than those who wait, research reveals. According to the latest Brighter Super & Investment Trends 2025 Retirement ...

Waning AI optimism, Fed rate cut driving US pullback: UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... said. However, it's rival in the Magnificent Seven bundle Google was up 13.5% in the month, having had a big run in the last few months and taking over Microsoft as the third biggest company in the world. It also released its Gemini 3 AI model during ...

FEATURE | Agriculture: Golden soil

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 NOV 2025
... protein-based food, fruits and vegetables. Studies on exactly how much the poor spend on food once their income goes up are few and far in between. That is until last year when University of Minnesota applied economics professor Marc Bellemare and his ...

Former Pendal insto lead quits Citi

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... reasons why Ashton has chosen to go to CBA. "The Institutional market in Australia has changed significantly over the last few years," she said. "With superannuation funds merging and insourcing, their needs have changed. Ashton pointed out that banks ...

Rainmaker's John Dyall to retire

STAFF WRITERS  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... diligence. This combination - journalism, institutional research and advice-sector leadership - gave Dyall a vantage point few in the industry share. It's also what formed his approach at Rainmaker: clear, empirically grounded and always geared toward ...

Reforms on super advertising, stapling enter parliament

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... pays off for people, and taking on a new job is a great time to prompt that conversation. "Starting a new job is one of the few times many people pause and think about their super. We should use that moment to put clear, comparable information in front ...

Inflation hits 3.8% in October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... Deloitte Access Economics partner Stephen Smith said today's figures confirm that a rate cut is off the table for the next few months. Inflation pressures in the economy have accelerated in the recent past, he explained, noting that the latest data ...