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Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose 3.4% in the 12 months to November 2025, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). "The 3.4% annual CPI inflation to November was down from 3.8% to October," ABS head of prices statistics Michelle Marquardt ...

WAM delivers standout 41% return in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... significant performance in 2025, returning 41.4% for its investors, outperforming the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 30.8% in the period. The exceptional returns enabled it to increase its interim dividend to 3.2 cents per share and provide ...

China's two speed economies: Which one wins?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... strategy and research for APAC Ninghui Liu said the fund manager remains underweight on China relative to the benchmark index. However, the weightage has improved compared to 2024. "There's the two speed economies. One is the old, one is the new. ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... year, LaRusse offered an optimistic outlook for investors. Yields are back, according to the Bloomberg Global Aggregate Bond Index. After sinking as low as 1-2% between 2016 and 2021, on average yields have normalised to a pre-financial crisis range ...

Most read in 2025: Superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... $10 million, and a 40% tax rate on balances above $10 million. The thresholds will also be indexed to the Consumer Price Index each year. ASIC calls out super trustees over 'weak' anti-scam practices ASIC wrote to superannuation trustees urging ...

Treasury seeks feedback on major super tax reform

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... and $10 million, and a 40% tax rate on balances above $10 million. The thresholds will be indexed to the Consumer Price Index each year. Super funds will therefore need to calculate the amount of the realised earnings of the fund attributable to an individual ...

Increases coming for veterans' superannuation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
The government is increasing payments related to the Defence Force Superannuation Benefits program, Treasurer Jim Chalmers confirmed in the mid-year economic and fiscal outlook (MYEFO). Treasury said payments related to the Defence Force Superannuation ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... external asset managers." In 2022, PME began defining its ESG goals, evolving the goals into an ESG framework and later an ESG index portfolio it called the portfolio of tomorrow, in which "every company is selected based on deliberate choices aimed ...

Why a single insto client is a massive business risk

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... the fund gets bigger, it either has to own more stocks or own larger companies. So, it starts looking a bit more like the index and becomes more generic over time," Entchev said. The bigger a fund becomes, it also finds it more challenging to trade in ...

Betashares-backed firm names inaugural managing partner

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... reflects its commitment to providing advisers with a comprehensive, purpose-built managed account capability, combining index-based, actively managed, and bespoke portfolio solutions with practice support, technology, and client engagement tools. Spittle ...