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Future Fund looks beyond AI winners to hedge risk

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... wealth fund, Arndt added, the challenge is not deciding whether AI matters, it is rather how to build a portfolio resilient enough to capture AI's opportunities when no one can forecast how every part of the complex landscape will evolve. "That makes ...

Mixed inflation data keeps August RBA meeting a 'live' one

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2026
... Australian economy remains on a solid footing. This should support the RBA's hawkish bias, although the data are not strong enough to justify a resumption of rate hikes," Koon said. "Markets reacted negatively, with front-end yields falling and the ...

Jobs data surprises on the upside, rate hike on the cards

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2026
... three-month average and the six-month average for employment are now both running at 27,000 jobs, which is solid job creation and enough to, in a trend sense, keep the unemployment rate steady," Bloxham said. However, he noted the underemployment rate ...

Fund managers unsure about expenditures on AI

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2026
... and not a single firm reported a budget decrease. One in four (25%) believes their organisation is still not investing enough in AI, while a striking 66% noted their firms have over-invested in the innovation. Meanwhile, AI has already been embedded ...

FEATURE | Platforms | The investment supermarket

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2026
... practices, the role of platforms has also come under scrutiny. ASIC in its latest review of trustees noted they are not doing enough to protect their members savings on platforms, finding "stark" gaps in the monitoring of harmful advice fee deductions ...

Aussies ditch 'Great Australian Dream,' pursue 'Great Australian Lifestyle'

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2026
... freedom across a lifetime. The report found Australians' top life aspirations are now financial independence (54%) and having enough money to retire comfortably (54%), prompted by a "pragmatic response to a changing world." Ongoing economic uncertainty ...

FEATURE | Retirement | A layer of confidence

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2026
... recent research also substantiates Huppert's statement, indicating that pre-retirees and retirees may not be doing enough to prepare for retirement, but highlights that annuities and account-based pensions are crucial factors in creating a satisfying ...

Special Feature: Rewarding patient capital

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2026
... may not be quite as easy for them to allocate to on an ongoing basis," Ashston says. "For advisers that are sophisticated enough to use a lot of private market type product, there is also an understanding that private equity has had some issues, and ...

Traditional investing principles unsuitable in decumulation: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2026
... believe advisers need a broader framework for evaluating retirement portfolios. Looking only at expected returns is no longer enough. Downside capture, recovery characteristics and the way portfolios behave during periods of market stress become critically ...

Treasury publishes final report into the ERS

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2026
... opportunities and threats. Given the speed and impact of technology, observing from a distance or by dialogue alone is not enough. Which is why collaborative testing environments such as sandboxes have become more popular than ever around the world. ...