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Trump backflips on tariffs but risks remain

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025
... USA has still been hit by an iceberg and is taking on water. All that's happened is Captain Trump has told the crew to stop the engines." Bassanese said the US is still facing a significant increase in the average effective tariff rate to around ...

UGC's AFCA membership to cease

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2025
... director of UGC, had interests in. He has been banned from working in the industry for 10 years. ASIC has since made interim stop orders and cancelled UGC's AFS Licence (AFSL). In cancelling UGC's licence, ASIC required it to remain a member ...

Fink takes private markets to next level

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2025
BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink says the fund manager can upend the public-private market divide in the same way it has capitalised on active and passive investing. In his annual letter to investors, Fink said assets in the form of data centres ...

Navigating the impact investment sector for instos

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAR 2025
... echoed Weier's statement, highlighting the importance of the type of impact a fund is creating, and the work doesn't stop after a strategy is generated. "Once we've made the investment, it is equally as important to make sure that we are ...

Unlawful hawking practices re-emerge in SMSFs

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAR 2025
... cold calling in life and consumer credit insurance sales in January 2020 following the Hayne Royal Commission, intending to "stop practices that lead to poor consumer outcomes and trust in the financial system." Subsequently, the corporate watchdog also ...

Beware creep of cancel culture into super fund governance: Lawyer

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2025
... and deliver considerable benefits to members," Barrett said. Barrett also noted that while APRA said it will magnanimously stop short of outright vetoing appointments, failing to take its feedback on board could see a fund placed under heightened surveillance. ...

UniSuper launches fresh brand campaign

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2025
... Lawson said as an adult, no one is asked what they want to be when they grow up, positing that could be the reason why "we stop viewing our futures with the same wide-eyed optimism and joy." "And the 'Never Too Late Show' construct is a useful reminder ...

Freezing order slapped on First Guardian Master Fund, Falcon Capital

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAR 2025
ASIC has taken action to freeze the assets of the First Guardian Master Fund and its responsible entity Falcon Capital nearly one year after investors were locked out from accessing their funds. The First Guardian Master Fund is run by First Guardian ...

Annuities' capital settings due for change: APRA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 FEB 2025
... outliving their savings. We want people to have a lot more choice and control over how they manage their finances once they stop working," she said.

'Less revenue for us': AustralianSuper on closing multiple accounts

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
Fronting the Senate Economics Committee, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) confirmed internal communications between staff at AustralianSuper played a significant role in shaping its case against the super fund. Senator Andrew ...