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4 days ago | 
investordaily.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
04 June 2025 07:48 PM By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic 8 minute read Facebook X LinkedIn Copy link Australia’s superannuation system is exerting increasing influence over capital markets, with industry feedback to ASIC underscoring its role in reshaping investment flows, governance expectations and market dynamics.
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4 days ago | 
investordaily.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
04 June 2025 12:08 PM By InvestorDaily team 4 minute read Facebook X LinkedIn Copy link The Australian economy expanded at a slower pace than expected in the March quarter. Australia’s gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 0.2 per cent in the March quarter and 1.3 per cent year-on-year, according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday. The print was below expectations of a 0.4 per cent quarterly rise.
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5 days ago | 
ifa.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
In its submission to ASIC’s consultation on the dynamics between public and private markets, the FSC said that while demand for access to high-return private assets is rising – from both fund issuers and retail investors – regulators must distinguish between advised and unadvised investors in their policy responses.
“Advised retail investors benefit from the expertise of financial advisers, who in turn often leverage sophisticated research from research houses,” the FSC said.
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5 days ago | 
investordaily.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
03 June 2025 05:45 PM By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic 6 minute read Facebook X LinkedIn Copy link The RBA has opted for a 25 basis point rate cut last month to ensure that at a time of heightened uncertainty, monetary policy settings remained “predictable”.
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5 days ago | 
investordaily.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
03 June 2025 04:00 PM By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic 6 minute read Facebook X LinkedIn Copy link The market may be too complacent about the risks of more tariffs, UniSuper’s head of fixed interest has warned this week, pointing to Trump’s recent steel-related announcement and a seeming breakdown in negotiations with China.
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6 days ago | 
moneymanagement.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
ASIC has uncovered widespread failings in the compliance frameworks of responsible entities (REs) overseeing nearly $1 trillion in managed funds, warning that serious governance gaps could leave retail investors exposed. In a review published on 2 June, ASIC assessed 50 compliance plans covering 1,471 funds - representing 45 per cent of all registered funds and 47 per cent of the approximately $2 trillion value of all registered managed fund sector assets.
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6 days ago | 
ifa.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic |Jasmine Siljic
It was first announced last November that LGT Crestone had signed an agreement to acquire Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s (CBA) personal advice business, Commonwealth Private Advice.
In a statement on Monday (2 June), LGT Crestone confirmed the deal has reached completion, seeing approximately $5 billion in assets under advice and 38 experienced professionals, including 18 investment advisers, brought across to the firm’s national advice network.
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6 days ago | 
investordaily.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
02 June 2025 10:49 AM By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic 5 minute read Facebook X LinkedIn Copy link The corporate regulator has uncovered widespread failings in the compliance frameworks of responsible entities (REs) overseeing nearly $1 trillion in managed funds, warning that serious governance gaps could leave retail investors exposed.
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1 week ago | 
investordaily.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
30 May 2025 07:42 PM By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic 8 minute read Facebook X LinkedIn Copy link The FSC has urged the corporate regulator to exclude super funds from any additional oversight of private markets, warning that duplicative regulation would undermine their ability to deliver strong retirement outcomes.
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1 week ago | 
investordaily.com.au | Maja Garaca Djurdjevic
30 May 2025 06:25 PM By Maja Garaca Djurdjevic 5 minute read Facebook X LinkedIn Copy link US dominance in technology and artificial intelligence is increasingly being seen as a critical counterbalance to the erosion of its standing as a global safe haven and the fading notion of US exceptionalism. Trade tensions escalated this week as President Donald Trump appealed a US Trade Court decision that blocked a swathe of tariffs.
