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Sequoia delays dividend amid InterPrac sale uncertainty

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... could adversely affect InterPrac's creditors, including its liabilities in relation to complaints sitting with the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) regarding the collapse of the Shield and First Guardian Master Funds. Sequoia previously ...

Australian ETF market surges to record $346bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... continued momentum across offshore markets, particularly in US technology and artificial intelligence (AI) linked sectors. Australian equity followed with $1.5 billion in inflows, while fixed income strategies drew just over $1 billion as investors continued ...

Aussie active equity managers lack persistent outperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
Australian active equity fund managers struggle to persistently outperform in the medium term as those that shone four years ago failed to triumph in 2025, the new SPIVA Australia persistence scorecard reveals. Among the Australian equity funds that ...

TCorp awards $1bn mandate to UK insurer

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... portfolio." Hiscox Capital Partners is a division of Hiscox Re encompassing insurance-linked securities. Within the Australian market, its other large institutional partner is Future Fund. This comes after TCorp released its half-yearly budget review ...

Future Fund executive departs after 10 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... Minister for Resources and Energy. In his new role as founder and principal of Jolly Rambler, Grant will work with Australian and global institutional asset owners to apply investment governance best practice to their technology and data programs. "The ...

Future Group invests in energy transition with fresh mandate

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... Infrastructure Fund (ETIF) to fast-track its energy transition effort, while seeking exclusive opportunities outside the Australian market. ETIF supports climate change mitigation by investing in infrastructure businesses and assets key to the energy ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... family-owned businesses are taxed since the introduction of the 50% CGT discount in 1999." "Three of the foundations of how Australian families and businesses have organised their affairs for the past quarter-century are being rewritten at once. The ...

Industry welcomes government's productivity push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
The Actuaries Institute and the Australian Banking Association (ABA) have welcomed the measures taken by the government to tackle structural productivity concerns in the Australian economy. The ABA said the Federal Budget has laid the groundwork to ...

Foreign investors housing ban extended

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
The federal government will extend its ban on foreign investors purchasing existing homes until mid 2029 as part of a sweeping housing and tax reform package aimed at improving affordability and lifting home ownership. Announced in tonight's 2026 ...

ASIC to receive $10m in FY27 to improve MIS supervision

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... requirements, supervision and enforcement in relation to managed investment schemes. Additionally, the Office of the Australian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board and the Treasury will receive $7.6 million over four years from 2026-27 (and $1.4 million ...