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Soul Patts profit up, returns 9.7%

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
Washington H. Soul Pattinson (Soul Patts), the ASX-listed investment house, has seen its profit increase by more than 600% in the six months to 31 January 2026. Group statutory net profit after tax (NPAT) increased 604.3% to $2.3 billion in the period ...

North adds private markets SMA for retail investors

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... Invest Blue, the upcoming portfolio invests across three to 15 underlying strategies in private equity, private credit and real assets, and combines open-ended strategies like evergreen and ETFs to help provided capital access. It also offers consolidated ...

ETF home bias more prominent amid global unrest: BlackRock

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... ideally have 50% to 75% of their portfolio allocated to index core, combining it with some active satellites where they see real conviction. Vanguard's most popular ETF in March has been its Australian Shares Index ETF (VAS), reporting around $822 ...

HESTA announces another executive exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
HESTA has announced that chief operating officer Stephen Reilly has made the decision to leave the fund in June to pursue external opportunities. This comes after chief executive Debby Blakey also announced she would be stepping down in the second half ...

Pepper Money rejects Challenger's bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... more than 28.6%. Established in 2000, Pepper Money provides residential home loans, as well as asset finance, commercial real estate and novated leases in Australia. In New Zealand it offers residential home loans. Pepper Money had $20.1 billion in assets ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
When Melinda Kee was sick with COVID-19, she took respite for one week. Kee saw it as an opportunity to tick off some personal administration she'd been meaning to get to, such as changing her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. ...

Wealth levels triple for middle Australia: SMC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... wealth retirees, to $740 per week on average in 2022, compared to $340 in 2002, in wage adjusted terms. Even with sluggish real wages growth in recent years, capital growth through super helped working Australians build wealth, the report found. From ...

Fink doubles down on private markets ambitions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... launched a private markets SMA solution with Partners Group, offering retail access to private equity, private credit and real assets. Fink's 2025 letter extolled the benefits of private markets, saying the fund manager can upend the public-private ...

Chalmers looks to shore up fuel supply as Iran war continues

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... firmly confront delirious threats on the battlefield." Betashares chief economist David Bassanese said there is now a very real risk of a major surge in risk-off sentiment, adding that hopes for a Trump TACO moment - meaning 'Trump always chickens ...

BNP Paribas AM to turbocharge $2.6tn AUM by 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... of the BNP Paribas ecosystem, we are uniquely positioned to connect savers and investors with all the opportunities of the real economy," he said. The 2030 Strategic Plan has four core areas: alternatives, active management and ETFs, insurance and institutional ...