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Australian Ethical launches climate-focused private markets fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... Australia's decarbonisation." Australian Ethical chief investment officer Ludovic Theau echoed Sung's sentiment, stating that the most significant opportunity to support Australia's net zero transition lies within the private sector. "We're leveraging ...

Dimon warns private credit crisis will hurt retail investors most

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
JPMorgan Chase chair and chief executive Jamie Dimon says while the current private credit crisis does not pose a systemic risk, retail investors will be among the worst affected should 'anything go wrong'. In his annual letter to shareholders ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... is now permanently higher?" Roughly a fifth of global oil supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz, making it one of the most sensitive pressure points in the global economy. VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive Arian Neiron said investors are becoming ...

Albanese stresses importance of 'economic sovereignty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... people with the cost of living. That is the balance we will strike in next month's Budget. It is our government's most important Budget to date - and it will be our most ambitious. It has to be." Albanese stressed that the scale of the challenge ...

FEATURE: Estate planning | Best laid plans

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
"I'm the eldest boy!" This is one of the most quotable quotes from the award-winning television show Succession, and while it is somewhat outdated for parents to leave behind their money, or legacy, to one child due solely to birth order or gender ...

Minderoo picks Lill for chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
Andrew Lill is taking over as chief investment officer at Minderoo Foundation in July. Lill was most recently chief investment officer at legalsuper, but it was announced earlier this week he was departing to take on a role outside of superannuation. ...

APRA imposes additional licence conditions on Fiducian

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... that approach and reflect APRA's risk-based approach to enforcement, which prioritises issues and entities that pose the most serious prudential risks," Cole said. Fiducian is refrained from onboarding new high-risk investment options to its platform ...

Iran conflict exposes 'fault line' in Australian equities: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... narrow part of the market falling hard. "That distinction matters. When the biggest names in a concentrated index are also the most crowded trades, shocks can hit portfolios much harder than investors expect," he said. "Concentration in the S&P/ASX 200 ...

Hostplus weighs digital asset exposure for members

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2026
... "As a result, our exposure was significantly reduced ahead of the recent downturn, meaning we had little exposure during most of the February sell off," Eliot said. Meanwhile, in December AustralianSuper head of asset allocation Alistair Barker said ...

Fundamental focus necessary in volatile markets: Auscap

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... a very strong market, which was up 4.1% for the month. "What we can say is it has absolutely nothing to do with earnings. Most of the companies that were responsible for those declines were in the mid cap universe. In fact, the large caps, the companies ...