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Financial Standard
MSCI, Moody's launch risk tool
MSCI and Moody's Corporation have partnered to launch an offering that assesses risks for private credit investments.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Insignia Financial trims $5bn FUM
Market volatility and institutional outflows shaved $5 billion off Insignia Financial's funds under management (FUM) last quarter.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Selfwealth to be taken over
Selfwealth shareholders approved the investment platform's acquisition by Singaporean digital wealth manager Syfe Group's holding company Svava at the end of April.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Future Group confirms more mergers ahead
The Smart Future Trust is growing again, taking on the Zurich Master Superannuation Plan and a small MLC product.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Donald Trump spooked
While the threat of an awkward phone conversation with Australia’s prime minister appeared to have no effect on Donald Trump’s rather erratic tariff announcements, the mood of the bond market was a different thing entirely.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Iress offloads QuantHouse
ASX-listed Iress is divesting its market data business QuantHouse for €17.5 million ($31.4m) at a 45% discount to what it acquired it for in 2019.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Family offices favour real estate
The world's richest families love to invest in real estate more than any other asset classes, a new analysis shows, as more than half feature property in their portfolios.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
WEATHERING THE STORM
US President Donald Trump's \"Liberation Day\" tariffs caused havoc for global markets, but there may be an upside for emerging markets with a trifecta of tailwinds picking up steam.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Global X launches AI infra ETF
Global X launched the Artificial Intelligence Infrastructure ETF (ASX: AINF), which focuses on companies with exposure to data centres, energy and materials that help facilitate the adoption of AI technologies.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Indigenous NFP mandates JANA
JANA has won a mandate from Aboriginal Investment NT to bolster its $655 million commercial investment portfolio (CIP).
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Investors dump Climate Active
IFM Investors and Insignia Financial have confirmed their exit from the government's Climate Active scheme.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Sustainable real assets boutique launches
Peter Johnston, James Hooper, and Alexandra O'Dea have come together to form Socia Investors, 'socia' being the Latin word for 'partner'.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
ASIC loses Block Earner case
The Federal Court has vindicated Block Earner by overturning a decision that it needed an AFSL to offer its Earner product and dismissing ASIC's appeal to impose penalties on the platform.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Generation Development Group enters ASX 200
Generation Development Group has posted record inflows across its managed accounts and investment bonds businesses and capped off the milestone by entering the ASX 200.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
UK watchdog to open Australian office
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) will open an office in Australia so that the regulator can assist UK firms in entering the local market and vice versa.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Advisers seek investment philosophy, performance in managed accounts provider
Investment philosophy and portfolio performance are the main reasons why financial advisers have chosen their managed accounts provider, new research from Zenith Investment Partners show.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Trump presidency pushes Aussies to ethical super fund
The inauguration of President Donald Trump in the US and the heightened volatility and uncertainty that has followed has been a boon for Future Super, the fund says.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Nearly $9bn leaves Perpetual
Nearly $9 billion of investor money exited Perpetual in the March quarter, leaving its total assets under management (AUM) at $221.2 billion.
1 min |
May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Action is the only option
Twenty-four. That's how many women have been killed at the hands of a man in Australia in the first four months of 2025, as at April 25.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
WFH saves employees $5308
Australians who have worked from home since the COVID-19 pandemic have cut their commutes by around three hours a week, equivalent to a time saving worth an estimated $5308 a year based on average wages, new research by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) found.
1 min |
May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Cbus investment chief resigns
Cbus chief investment officer Brett Chatfieldº¹ will leave the $100 billion fund to take on an opportunity outside of industry superannuation, as his replacement is named.
1 min |
May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Inflation figures point to May cut
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 0.9% in the March 2025 quarter and 2.4% annually, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
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May 05, 2025
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PGIM Real Estate makes APAC hire
PGIM Real Estate has promoted its head of Japan to the newly created role of deputy head of Asia Pacific, effective immediately.
1 min |
May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Energy as a weapon
The critical case for energy transition
5 min |
May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Face punch
The power of conviction
4 min |
May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
DII drives life insurance disputes: APRA statistics
Disability income insurance (DII) continues to be a bugbear for the life insurance industry and is the most highly disputed product among advised, non-advised and group insurance customers, APRA statistics show.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Warakirri adds kiwifruit to fund
Warakirri Asset Management has added a 200-hectare aggregation of three orchards, mainly kiwifruit, with some nashi and corella pears as well as jujubes, to its farmland fund.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Smaller super funds unfairly burdened by regulatory levy
Members of small and medium-sized super funds have become “collateral damage” in an imperfect regulatory funding model, CPA Australia says, in response to Treasury’s proposed levy changes for 2025-26.
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May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Local challenger enters ETF market
ETF Shares, Australia's first new index ETF issuer in more than a decade and the country's only locally owned provider, is preparing to launch.
1 min |
May 05, 2025
Financial Standard
Industry to face shakeup: Deloitte
Private capital, active ETFs and tokenisation are set to take the financial services sector by storm over the next three to five years, Deloitte predicts.
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