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Future Fund rethinks portfolio amid 'greater uncertainty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2025
Australia's sovereign wealth fund has outlined how the investment landscape has shifted and how it has rethought its portfolio construction amid greater global uncertainty. In its most recent Position Paper, Future Fund said it has been thinking "more ...

Global resilience is a key systemic risk: HESTA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
HESTA chief executive Debby Blakey told the recent ASFA Conference 2025 that the super fund has been considering global resilience as a key thematic when making responsible investment decisions. "We see this as a systemic risk, the same as climate change ...

NZ Super Fund appoints people and culture lead

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation has appointed Leona Cheffins as general manager for people and culture, effective today. Cheffins brings over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Beginning her career as a finance and ...

Former ASIC chair, FASEA chief launch trustee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... Trustees Australia took over the extended public offer licence attached to the trust, meaning it can take on any APRA-regulated fund. Others operating an EPO include Equip Super and Diversa. The group is also in talks with several other small funds and ...

Estimated CSLR levy comes in at $127m for FY27

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2025
... after FY27. Further, the CSLR has estimated about 538 will relate to United Global Capital and the Global Capital Property Fund. Australian Fiduciaries and Brite Advisory are also expected to impact the levy total. The Financial Services Council said ...

The Big Short's Michael Burry shutters fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... Management is no longer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. At the end of March, filings state that the fund had about US$155 million in assets under management. Burry was the portfolio manager of the fund, while Phil Clifton was ...

Macquarie terminates more options

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... Metals ETF, Betashares Energy Transition Metals ETF, Lazard Global Listed Infrastructure, Milford Australian Absolute Growth Fund and Global X S&P Biotech ETF. One new option that was added to the updated termination list was the Loftus Peak Global Disruption ...

ASIC not acting as a 'market maker': Constant

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said superannuation funds are working well with the regulator in terms of their investments in private markets, but said as whole, more needs to be done by all large investors. Constant said the regulator's increased ...

Passive strategies show 'higher survivorship' over active: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
... large-blend, emerging markets, bonds and real estate. It looked at the efficacy of active funds against a composite of passive fund performance across trailing three-, five-, and 10-year periods ending June 2025. Passive strategies demonstrated consistently ...

Money laundering to become greater issue for super: AUSTRAC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2025
Speaking at the ASFA Conference 2025, AUSTRAC deputy chief executive, regulation Katie Miller said superannuation trustees will likely encounter more issues of money laundering as a greater number of their members reach retirement. Miller said that ...