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Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... Schelde said. The US national debt now sits at about $55 trillion (US$38.5tn); this month it hit 100% of gross domestic product. A report last week by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said it could soon exceed the entire US economy in size ...

ASIC seeks relief extension for securitisation entities

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... April 2026. Instrument 2016/272 exempts a securitisation entity from holding an AFSL where it holds the securitisation product as a custodian or trustee or is issuing a securitisation product to an AFSL holder; an entity that is exempted from holding ...

Praemium aims for 'market-leading' super offering

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... offerings, realise synergies from the acquisition and enhance client outcomes. "The results reflect the strength of our product suite and the strategic progress we're making across the business," Wamsteker said. "While adviser transitions and OneVue ...

Sovereign funds, instos raise $217m for Qld space tech developer

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
A group of institutional investors, including various super funds, and the National Reconstruction Fund Corporation (NRFC), Australia's sovereign investor in manufacturing capability, have formed a conglomerate to raise more than $217 million for ...

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... regions. Firms are also prioritising advanced client self-service capabilities and automating manual processes. SimCorp chief product and technology officer Marc Schröter noted that with investment managers offering increasingly similar product suites ...

HUB24 advances HTFS Nominees takeover, FUA hits $152bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... In November, TAL partnered with HUB24 to launch a lifetime retirement solution in the first half of 2026. The unnamed product is said "to meet the requirements of an innovative lifetime retirement solution (IRIS), delivering income for life, the benefits ...

Study reveals who bares brunt of US tariffs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
Contrary to US government rhetoric, the cost of US import tariffs is not borne by foreign exporters, according to new research from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The report revealed that instead, they hit the American economy itself. The ...

ASIC returns $40m of CFD losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... widespread weaknesses in how CFD issuers complied with their design and distribution obligations (DDO), ASIC's CFD product intervention order (PIO) and regulatory reporting requirements. ASIC found more than half the CFD sector had contravened the ...

Spain plans sovereign wealth fund launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Spain is launching a sovereign wealth fund to extend the stimulus of the NextGenerationEU funds that saw it through COVID-19. The new fund, to be named 'Spain Grows', will primarily invest in sectors like artificial intelligence (AI), digitalisation ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
Equity Trustees (EQT) is standing firm on defending itself against culpability for the Shield Master Fund collapse and ensuing investor losses, blaming ASIC for not doing its job, as well as third-party providers for their failures. Releasing its Summary ...