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Super funds, instos shun ETFs, retail dominance prevails

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... market cap of $3.28 trillion. Since their humble beginnings in Australia in 2001, financial advisers and SMSFs have been the most ardent customers - a loyalty that has not bucked to this day. The trend underpins the client base at indexed fund giant ...

Partners Group launches new strategy, appoints lead

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
... has joined the firm as partner and global head of special opportunities. He has nearly two decades of experience and was most recently a partner at Bain Capital's Sydney office for more than four years. Hartz's experience spans across the US ...

Investment managers ramp up AI use in front offices

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... applications in the front office," SimCorp chief executive Peter Sanderson said. "The advancements in AI can deliver the most value for investment professionals to enhance decision-making and efficiency when it is underpinned by a centrally governed ...

IMF flags 'drawn out' inflation battle in Australia

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... trends of softening demand and lower energy prices remaining intact," the IMF said. Divergence between the United States and most other countries lingers. With pass-through from higher tariffs gradually materialising, US core inflation is projected to ...

ASIC returns $40m of CFD losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... pockets of more than 38,000 investors," ASIC commissioner Simone Constant said. "These are complex, high-risk products, where most investors face losses, and even profitable trades can be entirely eroded by trading costs." Constant said ASIC's direct ...

Aware Super bets big on data centre boom

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2026
... investors have in our platform and in our ability to execute at scale to deliver digital infrastructure to the world's most innovative technology companies." "With partners like DigitalBridge and Aware Super, we are well positioned to expand our ...

EQT stands firm on defence, blames ASIC, third parties

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... read. EQT concluded that "ASIC has not sought compensation from any of those parties despite having taken action against most of them in respect of Shield." "ETSL has always approached its governance of risk management and internal controls in a serious ...

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... average. Passive US large-cap managers earned the lowest at 1.9bps, along with US small-cap managers at 3.1bps. Fee weakness was most evident among core-plus fixed income managers, as well as US small-to-mid, small, micro-cap equity, and high-yield/bank ...

Oxfam calls for net wealth tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... are accumulating extraordinary wealth at extraordinary speed. The gap between those doing it toughest and those benefiting most is stark, and well evidenced," she said. The report analysed how the super-rich are securing political power which it said ...

MWL complainants given $100k in lead decision outcome

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... up a self-managed super fund (SMSF). They were instructed to transfer their existing super fund into the SMSF and invest most of this money into Shield. The complainants then submitted a complaint to AFCA as they felt the advice was inappropriate. One ...