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CareSuper earns place among pension fund giants, ART breaks into top 20

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
Australian Retirement Trust (ART) has cracked the top 20 ranking of the world's largest pension funds, while CareSuper has debuted on WTW's annual Global Top 300 Pension Funds report. This year's Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments ...

HNWIs demand outperforming, mission-driven endowment funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... client side, while also working with not-for-profit organisations like Aspect. What we're seeing is a really positive trend towards more trust-based giving." From an investment perspective, the fund has navigated a volatile first year that included ...

Scams and governance failures dominate tip-offs to ASIC

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
The corporate watchdog received around 9800 tip-offs of misconduct from the public in the first six months of the year. Retail investor issues and governance matters continued to dominate reports received by ASIC, which together accounted for over four ...

Australian economy growth 'stronger than expected'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... Bloxham said the potential growth rate for the economy going forward may be slow. "Our own estimate puts Australia's trend potential growth rate at 1.8% y-o-y, which assumes a trend productivity growth rate of 0.3%. [The] figures suggest some downside ...

Global X cuts fees on gold ETF

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
Global X is reducing the management fee on the Global X Gold Bullion ETF (GXLD) from 0.15% to 0.14% per annum, effective September 1. This comes after VanEck cut management fees on its gold ETF last week, also to 0.14% per annum. Global X said the move ...

FEATURE | Managed accounts | Industrialising advice

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2026
Consider a situation where a financial adviser believes an investment is no longer suitable for their clients. Perhaps a fund manager is underperforming or a stock held directly by clients needs to be sold. In the past, advisers would often have to ...

Half of Australians lack retirement plan: Vanguard

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2026
... research. They also tend to consult partners, family and friends more frequently than financial advisers. Despite the growing trend of financial influencers on social media, only 5% of Australians reported relying on these sources for retirement planning. ...

FEATURE: Cryptocurrency, control and confidence

VINNY VUCAGO  |  SATURDAY, 15 AUG 2026
... driving this," O'Loghlen says. While digital assets have become a mainstream asset class in Australia, he argues the trend extends well beyond cryptocurrency itself. "Gen Y, Gen Z and even Gen X are a lot more active investors," he says. "Investors ...

Advisers bolster client book amid compliance burden: CoreData

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... high, with 84% of advisers reporting they are satisfied with their licensee. CoreData said satisfaction has continued to trend higher, well above the 66% recorded in 2023. Advisers credited proactive support, a strong business development focus and a ...

Active ETFs are reshaping portfolio construction: J.P. Morgan

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2026
... was possible when ETFs were primarily passive equity vehicles. "The rise of active ETFs is of course another structural trend in this market," Vivarini said. She said almost 40% of ETF flows this year had gone into active strategies, driven by product ...