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HESTA logs record downsizer contributions in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... record annual total show us that members are increasingly aware of how they can use this policy to both unlock their housing equity and boost their super in a tax-effective way." HESTA's contribution data revealed the strongest growth was in South Australia ...

Robust demand keeps SDA, PBSA assets firmly on investors' radar

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... assets. "Opportunities such as SDA, which offer defensive yield with inflation-linked growth and exposure to additional equity upside as the sector matures, are a good addition to most portfolios and complement allocations to private credit and more ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... rising at a meaningful pace - but this still represents a much smaller share of global credit markets than their weight in equity indices." "That said, we expect dispersion to increase within credit markets, with clearer winers and losers in AI-exposed ...

Betashares launches retirement income SMAs on CFS Edge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... Betashares' institutional-grade investment solutions and portfolio construction expertise across defensive, smart beta, and equity income strategies. Specifically, they combine high-income defensive strategies and income-focused approaches within growth ...

ETF investors bet on global diversification, FX hedging

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... said. "We believe investors are going to pivot this year. 2026 won't mirror the previous years of investors chasing US equity returns. Instead, we're going to see increased selectivity across sectors and strategy types, with greater diversification ...

Mercer Investments axes managers, awards fresh mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... that sat within its Managed Portfolio Series Funds. Mercer's Blended Global Equities Hedged MPS Fund, Guardcap Global Equity MPS Fund, T. Rowe Price Global Focused Equity MPS Fund and Wellington Global Equity MPS Fund wound up on 26 November 2025 ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... "Financial systems operate on trust in institutions. The Fed anchors that trust for the dollar, for global bond markets, for equity valuations and for cross-border investment flows. "When legal pressure appears alongside political frustration over interest ...

KKR chief operating officer steps down

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
Private equity and investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) announced that Ryan Stork will step down from his role as chief operating officer effective immediately. KKR announced the departure of Stork in a regulatory filing dated January ...

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 ...

Ares Management promotes private equity lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Ares Management has promoted its head of ANZ private equity to managing director as the US$596 billion New York-listed alternatives firm completes its first private equity deal in Australia. Nicholas Onie joined Ares in March last year as a principal ...