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DigiCo offloads US asset for $1bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... director - head of digital infrastructure at HMC Capital and served as non-executive director on the DigiCo board since December 2024. In March DigiCo dropped out of the ASX 200, following in the footsteps of parent company HMC Capital which dropped ...

Vision Super to close Diversified Bonds option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
Vision Super is shutting its $24.5 million Diversified Bonds investment option due to low member demand. As at December 2025, the option represented less than 0.08% of total funds under management, Vision Super said, adding the trustee regularly reviews ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... rising from $450 million in early 2022, when Russia's invasion of Ukraine shook global markets, to $645 million in December last year. Although fixed income is likely to benefit as investors seek safer asset classes in volatile markets, some industry ...

QIC faces heat over aviation firefighting asset privatisation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... They added that Airservices Australia has been actively consulting staff, union representatives and government since December, and no decision has been taken to proceed with any proposal. Financial Standard understands QIC will not be running the frontline ...

Pengana plots AI-focused LIT launch

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... trust)." At the end of March, ASX-listed Pengana had $3.6 billion in assets under management, down 9% from the end of December. Pengana recently entered into an agreement with Antipodes Partners to assist with the management of the Pengana International ...

Treasury consults to align company minimum tax

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... operation of the Top-up Tax Rules and incorporate elements of the Agreed Administration Guidance released in June 2024, December 2023 and January 2026. The consultation is now open and closes on May 22.

TPD and disability claims behind 88% of life insurance disputes

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
The latest data by APRA found life insurance claims for regulated funds came to 117,219 for the 12 months ending December 2025, down 1.2% from 118,605 in the previous year. Together disability income insurance (DII) and total and permanent disablement ...

ASX announces interim chief executive

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... replacement project and start over. However, throughout her tenure the ASX has also suffered several outages, most recently in December 2025, which also became the subject of an ASIC inquiry. ASX chair David Clark said Yip's institutional knowledge ...

NZ Super promotes two, hires from Cbus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... Bennett to director, real assets. Bennett was previously portfolio manager, direct investments. He took this role in December 2020 after about five years with the fund. "With some 20 years' collective experience on the investment team, Orr and Bennett ...

Cbus calls for mandatory insurance warnings

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... superannuation and therefore rely on default insurance in super to provide vital protection. Between April 2020 and 31 December 2025, Cbus said it paid a total of $178.5 million to over 1415 members or their loved ones due to the DOE. "Had these members ...