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Northern Trust AM Australia among five to split $4.3bn mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... term will last five years. The fund managers will use the FTSE Global Core Infrastructure ex China TPI Climate Transition Index as their benchmarks, targeting companies with forward-looking climate transition management capabilities. Through a passive ...

Infinity AM wins SMID fund mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... disclosure." The fund now has a new investment objective and benchmark - it aims to outperform the S&P/ASX Mid Small Cap Index over rolling three-year periods before fees. Infinity, which has about $4 billion in assets, sits under Viridian's investment ...

New 'high-risk' derivatives on the rise

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2026
... wholesale investors. "Equity perpetual contracts are synthetic perpetual derivative contracts that reference an OKX-calculated index, providing synthetic exposure to the price movements of selected equities and commodities. Clients do not obtain ownership ...

Warakirri, LongView launch home equity strategy

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2026
... seeking access to Australia's residential property market. The Home Equity Fund 2 tracks the Cotality National Home Value Index and targets an investment return rate (IRR) of 12% to 16% per annum, net of all fees and costs. It requires a minimum ...

WAM active strategy delivers 75.5%

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... recorded 75.5% in investment performance in the 12 months to 30 June 2026. Outperforming the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index (Cash) and the S&P/ASX All Ordinaries Accumulation Index by 71.6% and 69.8%, respectively, the performance was listed as the ...

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026
Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively. Hostplus chief investment officer Sam Sicilia said ...

Australian ETF industry closes in on $400bn

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026
... $8.8 billion and fixed income ETFs with $4.7 billion. Passive investing continued to dominate the market, with traditional index ETFs receiving $22.8 billion in inflows, while smart beta products attracted $4.7 billion. Active ETFs gathered $2.4 billion ...

Start-ups carve out confirms tax reforms are 'flawed': WAM

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026
Wilson Asset Management (WAM) believes the recent capital gains tax (CGT) reform carve out for small businesses and start-ups confirmed the change is not correctly executed for its initial intention. In its submission to a Treasury consultation, WAM ...

TA Associates sells Russell Investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
Russell Investments marks another change in ownership as private equity firm TA Associates announced it will sell the fund manager to a B Capital-led consortium that includes CalPERS. TA Associates, together with Reverence Capital Partners (RCP), will ...

Income generating index ETFs gain traction post Budget

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2026
Index-based income ETFs have seen another record month of flows as the shift towards yield-focused funds gathers momentum, according to the latest ETF Market Scoop from Global X ETFs. Index-based equity income ETFs attracted a record $309 million of ...