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Janus Henderson launches global equities active ETF

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2026
... outperform the MSCI World Index while keeping overall market, country and sector exposures broadly aligned with the benchmark. Rather than replicate index weightings, the strategy uses fundamental research to determine which companies to overweight or ...

AMP, CFS and Vision Super get the Epic Retirement Tick

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 1 OCT 2026
... primarily at pre-retirees. Epic Retirement Institute founder Bec Wilson said the first year of the tick put a visible benchmark in front of funds and consumers. "Funds that didn't meet the standard wanted to understand where they fell short and what ...

Super funds risk market concentration in US: Research

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
... today's US equity market - which makes up 70% of the global market - the effective number of stocks in the market cap benchmark is at its lowest level since the 1960s. "The benchmark hasn't changed - but the risk embedded in the benchmark has," ...

RBA workers slam 'copy and paste' pay offer

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2026
Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) workers have vowed to reject the central bank's pay offer for a second time after the Finance Sector Union (FSU) accused management of putting forward an unchanged proposal. The FSU said RBA staff had voted against ...

Prime Value Opportunities Fund winds up

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... achieve absolute total returns by providing medium- to long-term capital growth without the constraints of a share market benchmark. It invested in large-, mid- and small-caps and could allocate up to 20% of the portfolio in global equities. It also ...

Vietnam joins FTSE Russell emerging market index

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
Vietnam has officially joined the FTSE Russell Global Equity Index Series, marking a new phase for its capital market as it moves from frontier to Secondary Emerging Market status. The reclassification took effect on 21 September 2026, following years ...

ASX to launch overnight repo funding rate

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
The Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) is bringing to life a new interest rate benchmark next week to accommodate the strong growth in the domestic repo market, alongside the continuous reliance on existing rates for funding, lending, derivatives ...

4D Infrastructure moves to Perennial

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... 2016, has delivered an annualised return of 9.81% after fees and expenses since inception, compared with 8.53% for its benchmark. The hedged fund, established in August 2022, has returned 7.55% annualised after fees and expenses, versus 9.08% for its ...

SMSFs lure $14bn from retail, industry super funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... industry and retail funds over recent years, a new report from Class shows. An analysis of Class SMSF clients in its Annual Benchmark Report revealed that industry funds lost $8.2 billion to self-managed super between the 2025 and 2026 financial years. ...

Active equity managers lag benchmarks: SPIVA

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... S&P/ASX Mid-Small Index falling 5.9% compared to average losses of 7.6% for active funds. Some 65% failed to beat the benchmark. Global equity managers fared better but still lagged, with 58% of funds underperforming the S&P World Index, which gained ...