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Analyst promotions: Frontier, Fidelity, ART

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Frontier Advisors has announced the appointment of Jacqueline Darwis as an associate in the firm's real assets team. Darwis brings research and consulting experience in the property sector and joins Frontier from PPC Urban, where she carried out ...

Lendlease looks at royal joint venture

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
... mater planning and create further value expected to be elf-funding through portfolio land sales. "Lendlease's immediate focus would be to continue to progress its master planning obligations, while retaining the rights for any vertical developments," ...

SMC highlights long-term benefits of investing in private markets

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Super Members Council (SMC) has submitted a paper in response to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) discussion paper, outlining how superannuation investments in the private sector can drive long-term financial system stability ...

Advice bodies want efficiency, long-term solutions from Mulino

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2025
... our August conference on the Gold Coast which is during a non-parliamentary sitting week," he said. The AIOFP's policy focus in the short term will be on the CSLR, Life Insurance Framework (LIF) and rationalisation of the compliance regime. "We have ...

Former Qualitas duo launch funds management shop

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Former Qualitas duo Manuel Paraskevos and Ethan Dixon have opened Poinsettia Capital, a Brisbane-based advisory and funds management firm that provides tailored debt and equity finance for mid-market residential projects in South-East Queensland. The ...

AMP, intelliflo introduce dashboard enhancements for advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
AMP and intelliflo have announced a suite of enhancements on their respective systems to offer better efficiency for advisers. Following the introduction of the AI FileNote assistant in March, AMP has brought a newly-enhanced Actively Management Dashboard ...

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 ...

Labor vs Liberal: Which government is better for Australian stocks?

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... control for broader external forces and brings domestic factors - where government policy has more influence - into sharper focus. "But again, the difference between parties is negligible," he said. Australian equities underperformed the MSCI World ex-Australia ...

HESTA members to keep paying fees as disruption continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
HESTA members currently in the midst of an extended limited services period will not see a pause or reduction applied to their administration fees, the fund confirmed. The $89 billion fund is currently transitioning to GROW Inc. (GROW) for its administration ...

Third Link adds three underlying Aussie equity managers

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
The investment manager of the Third Link Growth Fund has added three new Australian equity managers to its underlying portfolio to enhance the fund's active manager lineup, while broadening diversification and bolstering long-term returns. Australian ...