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Future Fund muscles past annual target return, lags in March quarter

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
The Future Fund delivered a 7.9% return for the year to March 31, topping its annual target; though its quarterly performance undershot the benchmark. The sovereign wealth fund returned 1.2% for the March quarter, below the 1.9% target. However, over ...

What Labor's second term means for regulators

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court told the Australian Shareholders' Association Investor Conference this morning that a change in government is something that regulatory bodies watch closely as the outcome directly impacts their work. "In the lead up ...

New ACCC chief named

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... the acquisition can proceed. The ACCC will be the first decision maker on each notified acquisition. The ACCC said the change will speed up the approval process for businesses - particularly for non-contentious matters.

ASIC streamlines AFSL applications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
The regulator launched a new digital portal for Australian financial services licence (AFSL) applications. From today, those wishing to gain an AFSL can use ASIC's new portal, integrated with the ASIC Regulatory Portal. It has a new interface and method ...

Global economic uncertainty the main priority: Chalmers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2025
... the near term but also making sure that we make the Australian people the primary beneficiaries of all of this churn and change that we're seeing in the world." Chalmers added that the direct impact from Trump's tariffs is "manageable and relatively ...

Wealth managers' recovery looks promising: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... space heats up, Morgan Stanley notes that Insignia's market share is falling. "Wealth market is undergoing significant change with declining adviser numbers and incumbent platforms losing market share to specialist platforms," it said. Challenger ...

CFS allots Martin Currie two mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
Colonial First State (CFS) has mandated Martin Currie to oversee two options in its multi-manager single-sector strategy. Martin Currie is now looking after the CFS Australian Share and CFS Geared Australian Share options, replacing Longreach CAI and ...

No US recession priced in yet: UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
UniSuper head of fixed interest David Colosimo said while US President Donald Trump's tariffs have caused a great deal of uncertainty, a recession in the US may not be on the cards - yet. "I think in the immediate aftermath of the tariff announcement ...

Coalition's super on PPL plan 'deeply worrying'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 2 MAY 2025
... also spoke out against the move, saying it represents a large hit on working women and their families. In addition to the change to super, the Coalition's costings also contain a $556 million cut to Commonwealth Prac Payments - stripping away cost-of-living ...

Clime awarded $183m mandate from US firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAY 2025
... expected to increase investment capability and resourcing for Clime's international investment team without a material change to revenue or expenditure. Clime managing director Michael Baragwanath said Clime is uniquely positioned to execute on the ...