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Low fees a strong indicator of fund survivorship: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... stronger outcomes over a full economic cycle, primarily through a persistent overweight to corporate credit relative to benchmark indexes," Morningstar said. The divergence between low- and high-cost funds was most pronounced in the multisector growth ...

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 ...

Aussie investors entering 'regime shift': VanEck

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... and defensive market positions. VanEck also warned investors against relying too heavily on passive exposure to the benchmark index, noting CBA alone represents roughly 10% of the ASX 200. "When a single stock can move the benchmark by 0.5% on a quarterly ...

NZ Super 'accepts' court loss, updates policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... "materially less clear and specific than the previous iterations" and "framed in such general terms as to provide no practical benchmark for those applying them in relation to alleged breaches of human rights standards." Guardians general manager of ...

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 ...

Perpetual to wind up fixed income fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
Perpetual's Dynamic Fixed Income Fund will shutter next month as it failed to reach the required scale to operate in a cost-efficient manner. The fund's investment manager Perpetual Investment Management told investors in a note that after careful ...

Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... Much of its new consultation centres on benchmarking reforms, suggesting the introduction of a new emerging asset class benchmark and the provision of a suitable benchmark for alternatives assets. Venture capital, renewable energy projects and social ...

Vision Super to close Diversified Bonds option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
Vision Super is shutting its $24.5 million Diversified Bonds investment option due to low member demand. As at December 2025, the option represented less than 0.08% of total funds under management, Vision Super said, adding the trustee regularly reviews ...

Dexus and Boral partner in $10bn project

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Dexus has announced a joint venture with Boral to develop a major logistics precinct in Melbourne's western corridor with a potential lettable area of 2.5 million square metres. Dexus chief executive Ross Du Vernet confirmed on the sidelines of the ...

Future Fund gains nearly $2bn in March quarter despite market volatility

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... Disaster Ready Fund (0.8%); and Housing Australia Future Fund (0.8%). Meanwhile, the DisabilityCare Australia Fund set a benchmark return of the Australian three-month bank bill swap rate +0.3%, calculated on a rolling 12-month basis, Future Fund said. ...