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Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... continue to enjoy a sort of Goldilocks period for the year ahead, but I do acknowledge that there's a risk that if the next couple of quarterly CPI figures shows underlying inflation still running at an annualised pace greater than 3%, they're ...

South Korea looks to Australia for next sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
South Korea is establishing another sovereign wealth fund, with this one to be modelled on the Future Fund. Launching the National Growth Fund yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Yooncheol Koo said the government would ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... believes the asset class has significant runway. "We estimate there is comfortably a US$1.5 trillion market opportunity over the next few years alone," Perry explains. He says direct lending allows lenders to maintain seniority in the capital structure ...

RBA hike may come as soon as February

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... may be at an inflection point, highlighting the challenges the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will face in setting policy next year. Citi economists have changed their outlook from an assumption the RBA would remain on hold to anticipating a rate hike ...

Aussie executive tapped for top Kiwi job

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... director Andrew Kelleher said he was "delighted" to have found a candidate of Craig's calibre to lead the firm through the next phase of growth and to further expand Clarity's offerings for retail and wholesale investors in the local market. ...

Vanguard identifies strongest asset classes for coming decade

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... risk-returns over the coming five to 10 years. Vanguard predicts US value-oriented equities will return between 6.3% and 8.3% in the next 10 years, while non-US developed markets equites will provide a return of 5.8-7.8%. In contrary, Australian equities ...

Mulino looks to reform CSLR

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... weaken accountability, and make some consumers pay twice. "In effect, the first pay cheque an 18-year-old worker collects next year will include a tax to pay for financial misconduct they had nothing to do with," SMC said. "And while poorer low-income ...

'Outdated' law gating teenagers from thousands of dollars in super: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... $7200, and increasing the Low-Income Super Tax Offset (LISTO) from $37,000 to $45,000, but said scrapping the law should be next on the agenda. The disposal of the threshold will benefit some 515,000 teenage workers across the country, typically for ...

AustralianSuper kicks off $1.1bn UK living plan with acquisition

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2025
... accommodations across UK, the first step in its larger plan to invest $1.1 billion in the country's living sector over the next 12 months. The $382 billion super fund has acquired the student housing portfolio with over 1600 beds from global real assets ...

Brookfield, sovereign wealth fund sign AI joint venture

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
... billion in total global investment. Brookfield chief executive Bruce Flatt said he is thrilled to assist Qatar in investing in next generation AI and digital infrastructure. "As our inaugural AI infrastructure investment in the Middle East, this partnership ...