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Unit trusts FUM 'plateaued': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
Rainmaker Information's latest data highlights that despite a 13% annual growth in funds under management (FUM) across all managed funds, unit trusts only made gains through positive market returns over the 12 months to March end. In the Managed Funds ...

Janus Henderson expands private credit offering

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... Henderson's acquisition of the Chicago-based private credit manager in October 2024 and reflects growing investor demand for alternative income and diversification strategies amid heightened market volatility and elevated interest rates. The two ...

Proposed CGT reforms could upend HNW low advice demand

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
The high-net-worth (HNW) population's vast pool of wealth estimated to be worth a whopping $4.4 trillion, yet only one quarter employ the services of a financial adviser, new research finds, but Labor's proposed tax reforms could change this. ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
JPMorgan Chase chief executive Jamie Dimon grabbed headlines last year when speaking at one of the banking giant's quarterly earnings calls. "When you see one cockroach," he told analysts, "there are probably more." The cockroach Dimon was referring ...

Aware Super dashboard not flashing red just yet

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... you scenario test that?" he questioned. "How do you create a dashboard of indicators, hopefully leading indicators, alternative data sets, financial market data sets, that you think can inform that scenario to try to give you an early warning indicator?" ...

Buyer beware: Private credit as a defensive play

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... Conference in Melbourne today discussed differences between traditional fixed income products, and private credit and alternative strategies. Financial advisers, a panel of experts said, are at an interesting juncture - should they include private credit ...

ACCC approves Zurich's ClearView takeover

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... effect of substantially lessening competition in any market." "The merged firm would continue to face competition from alternative suppliers of life insurance in the retail adviser channel, including TAL, AIA, Acenda, Metlife and NobleOak," the ACCC ...

UniSuper makes investment changes for High Growth option

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
UniSuper has updated its strategic asset allocations, weighing in on fixed interest and cash as a result of "prevailing market circumstances". For both the High Growth and Sustainable High Growth options, UniSuper has diverted concentration towards ...

ART overhauls death and TPD insurance fees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) is overhauling its insurance premium rates for Super Savings members starting July 1, with Standard Death and Total & Permanent Disability (TPD) Assist charges decreasing on average by 14.1% and 31.2% for male and female ...

WAM offers global real assets exposure via new offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... returns uncorrelated to traditional assets such as listed equities," WAM said. The fund will be managed by the WAM Alternative Assets (ASX: WMA) investment team, led by portfolio manager Nick Kelly alongside investment analysts Jacob Grover and Jasper ...