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SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... September 2024. "Over the long-term, funds with more illiquid investments such as unlisted infrastructure have experienced higher risk-adjusted returns, which suggests they have captured a return premium for investing in these assets," the paper read. ...

Macquarie raked over the coals again by ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
Macquarie Securities, the broking arm of Macquarie Group, has been sued by ASIC for allegedly engaging in repeated and systemic misleading conduct in its short sale reporting to the market operator, supposedly misreporting millions of trades over 14 ...

Criminal attacks, human error drive data breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
The number of data breaches reported to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) rose 25% in 2024; 54 or 9% of which occurred at financial services organisations. New statistics from the OAIC show there was a total of 1113 notifications ...

Benchmark-clinging passive investors risk meagre returns: Perpetual

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... MSCI World Index, investors in conventional global market cap indices shouldn't expect higher returns for taking on greater risk. This outlook is similar to that of MSCI head of research Ashley Lester, who recently told Financial Standard that while ...

Future Fund makes leadership appointments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Future Fund has appointed a chief financial officer and chief risk officer, as well as a chief people, culture and inclusion officer. Nancy Collins is joining the Future Fund Management Agency from Swinburne University of Technology. There, she has ...

Former Qualitas duo launch funds management shop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
... adopting as construction resources become scarce. It also notes that an integrated developer-builder model can reduce the risk of stalled projects. However, traditional financiers remain cautious, with major banks tightening credit to the mid-market ...

'Lunatic' tariffs can directly hit Australia: Academics

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... plunged over 21% year on year, while imports dropped nearly 14%. ANU honorary professor Gareth Evans said: "The economic risk flows from the quite lunatic Trump tariff policy that's now being pursued in an atmosphere of great uncertainty and unpredictability..." ...

Reducing super tax cap to $2m 'a concern': FAAA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... ban on lending in self-managed super funds on property." Abood said lowering the threshold will put many more retirees at risk, including those who are farmers and small business owners that may keep their businesses and property within an SMSF. "They ...

Super funds put foot down on Woodside

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
... resilience to transition risks, the lack of an ambitious Scope 3 GHG emissions abatement target, and its governance around climate risk. "As we've previously communicated to Woodside Energy, our decision is underpinned by our belief that climate change ...

ASX outlines opportunities in listed markets amid IPO slump

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2025
In response to a discussion paper published by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) in February, the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) has outlined several opportunities to spike "global competitiveness" of Australia's ...