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Fidelity expands ESG role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... senior responsible investment adviser at HESTA, the $101 billion industry fund for health and community workers. At HESTA, she set up the investor-led initiative of '40:40 Vision', aimed at achieving gender balance in executive leadership. She ...

Solaris prepares to launch LIC for income seekers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
Solaris Investment Management has launched the Solaris Australian Equity Income Plus (ASX: SET), a listed investment company (LIC) designed to deliver monthly fully franked dividends for income-seeking investors. The shares for the LIC are expected ...

FAAA urges inclusion of advisers on occupational shortage list

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... employed as financial advisers. This is caused by a long training gap, not a suitability gap. "This means workforce shortages are set to continue for the foreseeable future. This context should be reflected in the JSA data analysis for skills shortag ...

Influx of data weighing on legacy systems

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... causes latencies, performance bottlenecks and inconsistencies in data." Singh said the problem occurs because every database is set up separately, and at scale issues arise. "When you are running in a data flow pattern your data flows are limited by ...

Treasury opens Div 296 tax regulation consultation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
Treasury has laid out its proposed taxation regulations surrounding the new Division 296 superannuation tax and is seeking industry feedback. In its next step since the passage of the Treasury Laws Amendment (Building a Stronger and Fairer Super System) ...

ASIC considers changes to net asset requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
ASIC is seeking feedback on options for increasing the net tangible assets (NTA) requirement for responsible entities of registered managed investment schemes. In addition, ASIC is looking at increasing the NTA requirements that apply to other fund ...

Another RBA hike in May 'not a done deal'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... available." Lim said that while many in the market - including all four big banks - are anticipating a May hike, he said it is not set in stone. "I would caution against treating this as a done deal. For May to deliver another hike, we would need to ...

'We've let our members down': Watson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... they are and just work out what they can do to improve the member experience," he said. "We've got to remember why funds were set up in the first instance... when funds were set up, there was so much personal service. There were people out on the road ...

Active equity managers underwhelm in 2025: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... dispersion since 2009," the report read. "In Australia, dispersion also increased versus 2023 and 2024, improving the opportunity set for nimble, skilled active managers to add value through stock selection." While Australian active equity managers underperformed ...

Index managed portfolios still most popular among advisers: North

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
... listed markets, yet until recently there were limited practical ways for retail clients to access that part of the opportunity set." "The recent launch of private markets within a managed portfolio structure on platforms like North reflects how the industry ...