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Rest returns 'healthy' 9.22% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Rest's default Growth option returned 9.22% over the 12 months to 31 December 2025 - the third consecutive calendar year of positive returns. Rest said the 2025 return was underpinned by the strong performance of Australian and international listed ...

Saudi Arabia opens access for foreign investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... The announcement comes as international investors continue to contribute to the Saudi Arabian market. By the end of the third quarter of 2025, foreign ownership in the capital market exceeded SAR$590 billion ($234bn), the CMA noted, a sharp increase ...

HESTA records over $10bn in investment returns

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... industry average of 9.1% for the period. Over the last decade this option has averaged an annual return of 8.02% and marks the third consecutive calendar year with returns above 9%. Effectively, members invested in this option with an average starting ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... This figure peaked at 97.3% back in 2016 and plummeted to a low of 85.7% the following year. Between 2014 to 2017, nearly a third (30%) of fund managers found that "pressure from clients for fees to contract and impact on revenue" was their single biggest ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... operational resilience framework, which took effect in July of this year, is pushing funds to reassess their management of third-party risk. CPS 230 Operational Risk Management effectively forces super funds to identify important business services and ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... pursue mega-deals in any possible form and sector, seeking partnerships and new strategies to invest and operate." Over a third of state-owned assets sit in Asia, 26% in North America, 19% in Europe and 15% in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa) ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... contraventions. In March 2024, Dubber became aware of some inconsistencies regarding funds of up to $26.6 million held by a third-party trustee and found that the funds may have been applied to other purposes when they were purportedly held in a term ...

MetLife completes PineBridge acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 DEC 2025
... said. More than half of the client assets acquired in the transaction are held by investors outside of the US, with one-third in Asia, but it excludes PineBridge's private equity funds group business and its joint venture in China. Commenting, MetLife ...

ART takes 20% stake in Westfield Sydney, hands mandate to QIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 DEC 2025
... by joint venturing its assets, forms its key long-term strategy. During 2025, it said it introduced $2.2 billion of new third party capital into the group through joint ventures. The transaction follows Scentre Group's recent joint venture of 50% of ...

Nambawan Super taps former Prime Super boss for top job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... asset owner's strategic direction to deliver growth via two fund mergers The superannuation fund is ranked in the top third of regulated superannuation funds for membership, cash flow and investment returns. Laird, who will be based in Port Moresby ...