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Addressing modern slavery risks more critical than ever: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2026
... for ethical and responsible investment emerged in the mid-2000s as the world started to take note of the emerging climate crisis. She realised clients wanted to make a difference by investing in solutions to save the planet such as renewable energy and ...

AllianceBernstein debuts second active ETF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... launched as a managed fund locally in 2024 but was actually established offshore in 2011 following the Global Financial Crisis. AB said its chief investment officer Kent Hargis and his team noted the pain advisers and investors felt during that period ...

Strengthen Life Code for mental health crisis, claims handling: Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 APR 2026
The Life Insurance Code of Practice should be strengthened to reflect the growing mental health crisis, better support vulnerable customers and improve the claims-handling process. These are the key themes that emerged in the newly published Life Insurance ...

Magellan, WAM suffer due to Iran conflict

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... both Wilson Asset Management's WAM Leaders Fund and Magellan reveal the impact of market volatility due to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East. The WAM Leaders investment portfolio decreased during the month, while Magellan saw assets under management ...

Dimon warns private credit crisis will hurt retail investors most

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
JPMorgan Chase chair and chief executive Jamie Dimon says while the current private credit crisis does not pose a systemic risk, retail investors will be among the worst affected should 'anything go wrong'. In his annual letter to shareholders ...

Albanese stresses importance of 'economic sovereignty'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... vulnerability and "will not take us out of it." "We were investing in Australia's economic resilience well before this crisis began. And for our government, international uncertainty is not an excuse to delay or hold back reform - it is the reason ...

Iran conflict exposes 'fault line' in Australian equities: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
... much harder than investors expect," he said. "Concentration in the S&P/ASX 200 is rising at a pace not seen outside of a crisis, the top 10 stocks now accounting for 48.8% of the index, and historically these are the conditions that have coincided in ...

Inflation remains firm, May rate hike still in play

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... markets, as well as any signs of de-escalation in the Middle East. "The bulk of the price pressures leading into the oil crisis continue to come from housing inflation (now up 7.2% y/y), but the focus in the next CPI reports will no doubt be on fuel ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
... thought, if I don't stand up and help them, who will?" Like many others, Kee lost a lot of money in the Global Financial Crisis (GFC). When she returned to Australia after that at age 40, she had to start from scratch. "I built a business and more ...

Barings nabs Challenger's fixed income lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... He joined Challenger in 2005 as an analyst before moving into the investment management arm. During the global financial crisis, Robinson spent two years in London with Challenger-affiliated hedge fund WyeTree Asset Management. There, he focused on structured ...