SMAs battle platforms for right to squeeze manager margins

Naoumidis admits that the SMART Funds will benefit from the lobbying already done by Perpetual Investments on behalf of its WealthFocus Investment Advantage platform, which gained an ATO tax ruling which will allow investors to switch between 76 underlying funds without crystallising any capital gains tax. Naoumidis will seek a similar ruling.

 

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Blue skies and lawsuits power MLC Super returns higher

Global equities have driven most of MLC’s FY26 return so far, but its exposures to insurance-linked securities and “esoteric” credit have also put in the hard yards and helped the fund diversify beyond the AI thematic, according to chief investment officer Dan Farmer.

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