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EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... Keystone Asset Management and related parties. All this was facilitated by auditor BDO, SQM and Atchison. Citing SQM's research on the fund, EQT stated there was "nothing in the documentation concerning Shield that should have indicated to ETSL that ...

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... approaching practical lower limits for quality institutional products in some asset classes," said Callan director of research Ivan 'Butch' Cliff said. Callan's funds under advice comes to more than US$3 trillion in total.

Oxfam calls for net wealth tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... Australian billionaires' wealth grew by almost $600,000 a day in the past year, or over $10.5 billion collectively, Oxfam research found. Globally, billionaire wealth jumped by over 16% in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year average ...

NGS Super appoints Robeco to manage two new mandates

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... fund's fixed income specialist Hamid Yahyaei exiting to join Commonwealth Bank's global economics and markets research team.

Blackstone promotes first private wealth hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... making the move to Blackstone, Rose spent five years at boutique Ellerston Capital, climbing from head of key accounts and research relationships to head of distribution. Her earlier stints include distribution roles at Colonial First State Investments ...

Fidelity names research director

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
Fidelity International has appointed a new research director as it moves to strengthen its coverage across the Asia Pacific. Rajesh Gannamani has relocated from Singapore to take on the Sydney-based role, reporting to John Stavis, head of equity research ...

Super moves: NGS Super, HESTA, Mercer

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... simulations, rebalanced systematic quantitative equity strategies, helped develop capital market assumptions, and assisted in research regarding strategic asset allocation decisions. He spent a year in Australia working as a macro analyst for HESTA ...

Cordis AM winds up only fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
Cordis Asset Management will close its only fund, the Cordis Global Medical Technology Fund, after more than four years in operation. Cordis chief executive Michael Cartmill told Financial Standard it was a "difficult but disciplined" decision that ...

Voices down: Women staying quiet about retirement worries

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... significantly more worried about life after work across every measure and are less likely to seek help compared to men. The research indicated that 41% of women are financially confident about retirement, compared to 59% of men. This discrepancy is exacerbated ...

Replace capital gains discount with income averaging: e61

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... individuals to invest in capital gains-generating assets, borrow too much, and reclassify earnings as capital gains," e61 research manager Matt Nolan said. Nolan noted that simply lowering or abolishing the discount is not the answer. "The discount is ...