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Super trustees told to up fraud protection game

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... Following an assessment of scams and fraud-related website content across 47 super funds, benchmarking against the big four banks (ANZ, Commonwealth Bank, NAB, and Westpac), ASIC found that banks consistently outperform super funds in providing clear ...

VanEck launches fixed-rate subordinated debt ETF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... interest rate environment normalised, investor demand shifted toward fixed-rate issuance, prompting Australia's big four banks to begin issuing fixed-rate subordinated debt in 2022. Since then, it has become common for banks to issue both fixed and floating-rate ...

Paradice lists mid cap strategy as ETF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2025
... the top ASX 50 returns and over the last five years more than 50% of the ASX 50 index returns have come from the big four banks and financials, making portfolios with ASX 50 exposure vulnerable to sector concentration risks." "Mid caps in contrast, deliver ...

Allan Gray exposes 'hateful eight' bubble threat

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025
... the alarm that the Australian stock market is dangerously concentrated, with the 'Hateful Eight' companies - the big four banks, Macquarie, Wesfarmers, Goodman Group, and Aristocrat - racking up 85% of last year's returns despite representing just 28% ...

Global active equity managers suffer their worst year in decades

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2025
... from diversified portfolios and effective risk controls. In the Australian market, the strong performance of the big four banks similarly created challenges for active managers, many of whom were underweight in these companies. But the slump in large ...

Top 10 Australian share funds of FY24

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2024
... performance of a number of higher conviction value-oriented strategies. This came despite the continued strength of the big four banks which have been causing headaches for many active managers that have been underweight this cohort due to share prices," ...

Federation AM acquires Homesafe

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2024
... established in 2005 by Peter Szabo and is the provider of Homesafe Wealth Release. Federation teamed up with one of the big four banks to fund the future growth of Homesafe to provide Australians with debt-free equity release solutions. "Our acquisition ...

Betashares launches Australian Major Bank Subordinated Debt ETF

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAY 2024
... ASX. This ETF offers exposure to a portfolio of Tier 2 floating rate subordinated bonds issued by the Australian big four banks. To be eligible for inclusion in BSUB, bonds must have amounts outstanding of at least $500 million and a remaining maximum ...

Base rate lifts to 4.35%

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... to give inflation any more leeway over summer for it to turn into something bigger than a blip," she said. The big four banks typically take 10 to 14 days to charge variable borrowers higher rates and give customers between two to three months' notice ...

Hostplus-backed redevelopment secures $295m from ANZ

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 OCT 2023
... projects and the right developers, build-to-sell is still a development strategy that will secure the support of the big four banks," he said. "ANZ's collaborative approach and innovative thinking has added a lot of value to the project to date and we ...
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