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ETF Shares to launch two ETFs on ASX

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2026
... executive Cliff Man said the launch reflects growing investor demand for transparent, rules-based access to the critical materials underpinning the megatrend of modern electrification. "Copper and lithium are two of the most important metals for the ...

More M&A amid AI buildouts, heightened costs: Fidelity International

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... into the future. "Information technology is the clearest beneficiary, but the effects are also strongly visible in the materials and energy sectors, where demand for power and the commodities needed to construct a world of new datacentres and power plants ...

Treasury proposes advice education standard reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... to earnings after death is a significant outcome that wasn't clearly evident from the legislation or explanatory materials and raises important questions about how Division 296 will operate in practice, particularly where the payment of death benefits ...

ASX loses $100bn as Iran war escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... prices and the Australian dollar." Bassanese said across markets, the more popular recent trades in things like gold and materials have slumped the most, which he said suggests investors are "hunkering down and raising cash". "I suspect the resilience ...

Australian Ethical unveils strong half-year results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... years ahead." McMurdo also added investment performance has been impacted by sector rotation out of technology and into materials and resource stocks but remains confident that its ethical investment approach will provide a better medium-term outlook ...

UniSuper faces fresh greenwashing allegation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... options have underperformed so far this year, saying it's because they're underweight resources, energy and materials, and overweight technology. So far, this financial year the GEO option has returned 1.86%. Over 10 years to January end, it's ...

US economy 'really taking off': UniSuper

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
... Colosimo said. "If you look by sector, it's all the cyclical sectors that are leading the US higher - energy up 14%, materials more than 8%, industrials and consumer stocks have also been strong, the transport sector up 5%, small caps really outperforming ...

Improvised super tax poses unfair, inequitable outcomes: Industry

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... was an error in a section of the draft. "We note there is an error in example 1.6 of the Exposure Draft Explanatory Materials. In this example, the fund's ECPI should be $186,480 (rather than $216,667), as assessable contributions are to be deducted ...

Big tech has "inconsequential" carbon emissions planning: Research

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... ammonia and fertilisers, battery production, regenerative agriculture, renewable energy, and low-carbon construction materials. While high levels of spending on low-carbon technologies remain rare, the research noted that companies can unlock US$1.3 ...

M&A activity falls to two-year lows: LSEG

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... that Bain Capital made the first official bid for the company, which in May had withdrawn its offer. Additionally, the materials sector accounted for 18.5% of deal-making activity involving Australia and totalled US$18.8 billion ($27.9bn), down 24.4% ...