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Replace capital gains discount with income averaging: e61

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... whether they earn regular wages or have a volatile one-off gain," e61 research economist Matt Maltman said. "Improved technology including digital record-keeping, pre-fill, and improved ATO systems raises the possibility of returning to a system that ...

Maple-Brown Abbott partners to launch global infra fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... billion in infrastructure strategies. The new fund will benefit from Pacific AM's institutional-grade infrastructure, technology, and operational resources to provide efficiencies and pricing power, it said. It will also draw on Pacific's established ...

GDG awards Hackett big pay day

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... and complexity of GDG, including the strengthening of regulatory and risk capabilities, rationalisation of the groups technology architecture, and the establishment of a scalable operating model to support growth following the Lonsec and Evidentia acquisitions," ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... will drive a gradual widening in credit spreads more broadly as the market absorbs this supply." "We're seeing the technology and communications sectors underperform, with spreads widening on a relative basis, in both US investment grade and high ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" carbon emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
Latest research by World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) has found that top technology companies including Meta, Alphabet, Apple and Microsoft lack in mobilising low-carbon investments through capital expenditure and R&D, even though they have an emissions ...

APRA executive director of super, life insurance exits

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... 2024. Beverley-Smith was hired as part of an organisational restructuring to better support APRA's capability in technology and data and aligning its communication and stakeholder teams. This was done through the creation of new executive director ...

GESB alignment strategy sees member, FUM growth

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... have. As I said, we're undertaking feasibility assessment this year. "It will require making sure that all the technology and infrastructure we have around that supports the interaction with an app. But I think it's fair to say we would like ...

Global X reveals 2025 top performing ETF asset classes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... already straining electricity grids and resource supply, creating a structural demand tailwind for nuclear energy, grid technology and critical minerals."

Equity managers' research most reliant on AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Australian and global equities fund managers are increasingly relying on generative artificial intelligence (AI) for their research, with the latter saying it is no longer an "additive" but an integral part of this function, new analysis shows. Frontier ...

Apex to acquire Mercer's super admin business

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... complete around the end of the first quarter of 2026. "Australia offers strong growth potential for us. The superannuation technology and servicing sectors are a key strategic focus for Apex Group, and by combining innovative technology with high-quality ...