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Federated Hermes enters local wholesale market

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2026
... said. The new income solution offers Australian wholesale investors access to the trade finance asset class for the first time, which Federated Hermes has offered to global institutional investors for over 15 years. The new strategy leverages trade finance's ...

Future Fund adds $30bn to FUM in 2025

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 FEB 2026
... to uphold its mandate over the long term. In September, the Future Fund saw its returns exceed $200 billion for the first time since inception in 2006, further strengthening Arndt's stance in building a risk-free portfolio. Meanwhile, Future Fund chair ...

RBA lifts the cash rate for first time since 2023

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has lifted the official cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.85% at its board first meeting in 2026. The RBA had either cut or kept the cash rate on hold for the past 17 consecutive meetings. In announcing the decision ...

Super education leads to engagement, higher balances: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... retirement, while the number of people who feel they will have enough super for retirement has reached more than 50% for the first time. "The more you think about your super, the more likely you are to do something that could boost your savings and help ...

Deutsche Bank shares surpass book value for first time since GFC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
Deutsche Bank saw its stock price rise to €33.82 overnight, trading above book value for the first time since the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) in 2008. The milestone would come as a win for chief executive Christian Sewing who has been focused on ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) crossed US$15 trillion in assets under management for the first time in December 2025 and, together with public pension funds (PPFs) and central banks (CBs), now manage US$60 trillion in assets and reserves. Global SWF's ...

Super tax receipts to increase by $10.9bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2025
... reprioritisations, limiting spending growth and returning every dollar of tax receipt upgrades to the budget. For the first time in eight years, net policy decisions in this MYEFO are positive, improving the budget position by $2.2 billion over the forward ...

68% pass financial adviser exam: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... candidates undertook the exam, with 208 passing with flying colours. About three-quarters (75.6%) sat the exam for the first time. In total, 22,386 individuals have sat the exam since it was mandated. Of these, 92% have passed. Section 921B of the Corporations ...

AMP launches new series of funds

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... 2012, and we are very excited to partner with AMP to deliver our institutional offering to platform investors for the first time." Meanwhile, Dimensional chief executive for Australia and senior investment director Bhanu Singh said: "For nearly a quarter ...

Australian businesses most worried about possible recession: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2025
... (fifth). Technological threats associated with misinformation and disinformation have risen to become a top threat for the first time, reflecting fears that advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are fuelling information warfare amid rising geopolitical ...