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First Super chief to join rival as investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
First Super chief executive Bill Watson will bid farewell to the fund for the paper, pulp and timber industries to take up a lead investment role. Watson is joining BUSSQ as chief investment officer, effective April. He has served as chief executive ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... trillion, the report said. "Broker analysts see total annual hyperscaler revenue increasing by $1.6 trillion. That would fall short of the revenues needed to deliver a reasonable rate of return of 9-12% on that upper end of AI investment," it said. In ...

Investors weigh risks amid Venezuelan crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... is what "this gambit by the US" is mostly about. "Initial moves imply a slight positive supply shock, offsetting risks of short-term disruptions. There's also attention on the knock-on effect to gold prices amidst heightened geopolitical risks and currencies ...

Janus Henderson acquired for $11bn, set to go private

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
Janus Henderson is being acquired for $11.1 billion (US$7.4bn) and will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) following the completion of the transaction. New York-based Trian Fund Management and venture capital firm General Catalyst Group ...

Change in AI sentiment, credit events could 'derail activity': AustralianSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
AustralianSuper remains cautiously optimistic for global markets over the medium-term but is wary of short-term risks such as credit events and a change in AI sentiment which could derail activity. AustralianSuper head of macroeconomic research David ...

Macquarie Securities to pay $35m for misleading data reporting

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
... Macquarie Securities (Australia) Limited (MSAL), the broking arm of Macquarie Group, has admitted to misreporting millions of short sales over several years and has agreed with ASIC to pay a $35 million fine. MSAL has admitted it failed to correctly ...

Most read in 2025: Financial advice

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 DEC 2025
There was no shortage of news impacting the financial advice community this year, with advisers bearing the brunt of negative sentiment in the wake of First Guardian and Shield collapses. But there were some bright spots throughout the year, including ...

Super moves: Aware, VFMC, CareSuper, UniSuper, NGS

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
Aware Super has added former Future Fund investment chief Sue Brake (pictured) to its trustee board, effective 1 January 2026. Brake has been an independent member of the Aware Super Investment Committee since April and brings more than 30 years of ...

BlackRock loses $8.9bn pension fund mandate

MATT TOLEDO  |  TUESDAY, 16 DEC 2025
... particularly in the US, retreating from climate stewardship may once have felt like the path of least resistance, offering short-term relief from political and commercial pressure. Increasingly, that looks less like pragmatism and more like a strategic ...

ASX to undergo 'circuit breaker' reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... with ASX staff, and reviewed nearly 10,000 documents. Key findings of the Interim Report include that the ASX's focus on short-term financial performance and shareholder returns has compromised its obligations to operate critical national market infrastructure. ...