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Prime Super calls time on sustainable option

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAY 2025
Prime Super will remove the SRI Balanced option from its investments lineup, saying its performance failed to meet expectations. The $8 billion industry superannuation fund will close the option on June 4, it confirmed. "After a period of observation ...

Daniel Mulino takes over financial services portfolio

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2025
Daniel Mulino is the new minister for financial services and assistant treasurer. Mulino was named in the position by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday. He brings a great deal of relevant experience to the portfolio. With an extensive background ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
... similar between the two parties since 1980," Halloway said. He added that while there's variation at the level of individual prime ministers - with equities performing best under Hawke and Keating (1983-1996) and worst under the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd period ...

Prime Super to change admin fees

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAY 2025
Prime Super has announced changes to its administration fees and costs, which will take effect from 1 July 2025. For accumulation accounts, the fixed administration fee will decrease from $1.53 per week (subject to a 15% tax rebate) to $1.50 per week ...

Alternative real estate investment manager launches new fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025
Investment manager Zagga has unveiled a new real estate private credit fund that invests directly in quality prime commercial real estate across Australia's east coast. The Singapore Variable Capital Company (VCC) - the Zagga Real Estate Credit Fund ...

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

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025
... focused squarely on maximising returns to cover public sector pension liabilities - "a classic rainy-day fund." But under prime minister Anthony Albanese and treasurer Jim Chalmers, "that model has now been decisively overhauled." With public debt soaring ...

Future Group confirms more mergers ahead, undertakes review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 APR 2025
... strategic direction of the Zurich Fund." It said that after doing so, it was satisfied that transferring members to smartMonday PRIME, a product within the Smart Future Trust, was suitable. Upon completion, the Zurich branding will be abandoned. The ...

Prime Financial Group buys Lincoln Indicators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... platform and funds management business. It has some $600 million in funds under management and employs about 30 people. Prime Financial Group is acquiring 100% of the company and its associated intellectual property for $15.75 million for on-target EBITDA ...

Warakirri adds kiwifruit aggregation to farmland fund

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2025
... December 2022. Warakirri Farmland Fund portfolio manager Steve Jarrott noted that the Goulburn Valley acquisition added a "prime horticultural asset" in one of Australia's most productive agricultural areas to the fund. Seeka chief executive Michael ...

Taxes and housing dominate election race

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025
As May 3 steadily approaches, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton have announced some big spending policies to woo voters. If elected, Labor has promised first home buyers a government loan guarantee to purchase a property ...