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Active equity managers underwhelm in 2025: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... weighting - underperformed the benchmark by 21.5%. "Globally, stocks moved increasingly differently from each other, presenting a case for stock picking and active management. Dispersion among S&P World constituents widened to levels last seen during ...

CALI pushes for advice reforms as Australians turn to AI

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
More Australians are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) for insurance advice, underscoring the need for the government to deliver on its advice reforms, the Council of Australian Life Insurers (CALI) said. Research by CALI found three in five Australians ...

March RBA hike now on the cards

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... underlying inflation well above target. This could be one factor that prompts an earlier-than-expected hike. Note our base case remains for a 25bps hike to 4.1% in May." The conflict in Iran has continued to escalate and concerns are growing around the ...

Digital assets don't need new regulatory logic: ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... dematerialisation of securities, the rise of electronic payments, and the emergence of complex securities and derivatives. "In each case, regulators and policymakers ultimately responded not by discarding existing legal frameworks, but by extending and ...

ASIC has 'strong appetite' to hold boards to account

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
Following the landmark Federal Court decision in the case ASIC brought against Star Entertainment, ASIC chair Joe Longo said the regulator will not shy away from holding company directors to account. The Federal Court found two former senior executives ...

Interprac sues AFCA over Shield determination

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
... Authority (AFCA), believing it has not been treated fairly. Sequoia Financial Group, Interprac's parent company, said the case relates to the December 2025 determination issued by AFCA in relation to complaints made against one of its representatives ...

Betashares invests in AUD-backed stablecoin

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2026
Betashares has made a minority strategic investment in Macropod - a licensed issuer of an Australian dollar-backed stablecoin. Betashares made the investment alongside global and regional digital asset companies, including Galaxy Digital, Flowdesk ...

Product showcase: Follow the leaders

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
Brought to you by Ziller Funds Management. Founder-led companies have historically outperformed - it's been established many times over through both industry and academic research. In perhaps one of the most notable examples, having observed that ...

Major super reforms cost members $670m in death benefits: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... solve, unwanted multiple accounts and balance erosion, has been largely addressed through other means. The data makes a strong case for revisiting whether the current settings are still doing more good than harm," Koval said. ASFA puts forth several ...

Treasury proposes options to block victim-survivors' super going to perpetrators

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... government does not wish to rush a decision. The government is still considering how such reforms should be applied in the case of self-managed super funds. This consultation follows the release of draft legislation preventing convicted child sex abusers ...