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AI layoffs a correction from overhiring: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... readers an apology (perhaps tendered from the dole queue!)," Halloway said. "The AI story may yet become the dominant one. For now, I think the simpler explanation deserves more credit than it is getting." Morningstar has reviewed 132 software and technology ...

BNP Paribas AM to turbocharge $2.6tn AUM by 2030

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
Now managing $2.6 trillion for investors following the takeover of AXA IM, BNP Paribas Asset Management is ambitiously looking to bolster assets by another $572 billion over the next four years. Outlining its priorities in the newly released 2030 Strategic ...

Treasury downgrades productivity assumptions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... make some near-term adjustments. Previously, it expected productivity to return to trend within two years," Chalmers said. "Now it expects that convergence to take closer to five, in line with other key long-run assumptions." Another issue Chalmers is ...

PIMCO appoints local managing director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... promoted to managing director this year, and one of only two based in the Asia-Pacific region. Also elevated is Marcio Bogoric, now managing director and head of global wealth management for Asia ex-Japan. Bogoric leads a regional team focused on delivering ...

Chalmers says Budget will make 'hard decisions'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... having already found $114 billion of savings and reprioritisations across seven budgets and mid-year updates. "The budget is now more than $233 billion better than when we came to office and debt is $176 billion lower this year compared to the 2022 PEFO," ...

First Super switches out group insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... Premiums for total and permanent disability cover will remain as is. However, an insurance handling or administration fee will now be applied, so the actual dollar amount taken from members' accounts may not change. The fee will be equal to 4.67% of ...

ASIC considers changes to net asset requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... announce its final position by 31 July 2026. The last time NTA financial thresholds were amended was in July 2013. ASIC said now is an appropriate time to review in the wake of the Shield and First Guardian collapses. "In light of recent scheme collapses ...

Another RBA hike in May 'not a done deal'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... over recent weeks," he said. Similarly, Convera lead FX and macro strategist - APAC Shier Lee Lim said the May meeting is now "squarely in play". "What [the] decision tells us is that the RBA is no longer willing to treat above-target inflation as a ...

'We've let our members down': Watson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... Watson said continued consolidation in the industry hasn't delivered what it should have to members. "It's time for funds now to really take stock of where they are and just work out what they can do to improve the member experience," he said. "We've ...

ETFs grow in popularity for SMSF investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... return is apparent in the trading patterns on our platform. They are taking advantage of the wide range of listed securities now available to construct whole portfolios - not just buying ordinary shares for clients," AUSIEX national manager, strategic ...