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HUB24 advances HTFS Nominees takeover, FUA hits $152bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
HUB24 is in the process of acquiring of one of EQT Holdings' trustee business, HTFS Nominees, as the platform reports a bump in funds under administration (FUA) to $152.3 billion. HTFS Nominees became trustee of HUB24 Super in 2020, replacing Diversa ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Equity Trustees (EQT) is standing firm on defending itself against culpability for the Shield Master Fund collapse and ensuing investor losses, blaming ASIC for not doing its job, as well as third-party providers for their failures. Releasing its Summary ...

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Active fund managers continue to face fee pressures but still ensnare a large chunk of major mandates, a new study from institutional investment consulting firm Callan shows. San Francisco-based Callan's 2025 Investment Management Fee Study drew on ...

Laws to limit US pension plans' use of ESG pass

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
The US House of Representatives has passed the Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act, limiting certain pension funds from considering environmental, social and governance factors in their investment decision making. The House voted ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" carbon emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Latest research by World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found that top technology companies including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft lack in mobilising low-carbon investments through capital expenditure and R&D, even though they have an emissions ...

SEC slams proxy adviser 'oligopoly,' urges AI use

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has slammed the oligopolistic nature of the proxy adviser industry and floated the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) to upend their stronghold. Brian Daly, the director of the SEC's division of investment ...

GESB alignment strategy sees member, FUM growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Since launching its One Fund initiative, GESB Super says it has welcomed thousands of new members, many of which reactivated accounts left dormant by their decision to leave the West Australian public sector. In May 2025, GESB implemented its One Fund ...

Equity managers' research most reliant on AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Australian and global equities fund managers are increasingly relying on generative artificial intelligence (AI) for their research, with the latter saying it is no longer an "additive" but an integral part of this function, new analysis shows. Frontier ...

Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
US President Donald Trump says he will look to ban large institutional investors from buying up certain residential properties. In a social media post this morning, Trump said he is "immediately taking steps to ban large institutional investors from ...

Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... premature for several reasons," Smith said. "Most importantly, confidently concluding that the economy has hit its speed limit - the current fashion among some forecasters to justify a rate hike - implies that measuring the economy's potential rate of ...