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IFM maps path for super funds to meet US infrastructure funding gap

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... infrastructure: The pension capital advantage, to help bridge the gap in US infrastructure funding with investments from Australian superannuation funds. This comes on the back of Australian super fund leaders reaching the United States for another Australian ...

ASX loses $100bn as Iran war escalates

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... haven flows, this shift in policy expectation also pushed up the US dollar, which in turn hurt gold prices and the Australian dollar." Bassanese said across markets, the more popular recent trades in things like gold and materials have slumped the most ...

Australians unlock only 1% of $600bn in home equity: Deloitte

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... be unlocked through structured equity release products, yet only a fraction has been used thus far. Deloitte's 2026 Australian Reverse Mortgage Survey - compiled in collaboration with Heartland Australia Bank, Gateway Bank and Inviva - found reverse ...

Major super reforms cost members $670m in death benefits: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
The Protecting Your Super Package (PYS) and the Putting Members' Interests First (PMIF) reforms result in $670 million in foregone death benefits each year, new research from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) shows. Seven ...

ASX partners with LSEG to upgrade derivatives platform

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
ASX will partner with LSEG to modernise and upgrade its derivatives trading platform. ASX 24 trades the Australian and New Zealand interest rate, equity and commodity futures and options markets, supporting some of the world's longest trading hours. ...

Mega-funds grow but net cashflows steadily decline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... and to the number of them, was organic; the only merger that took place in the period was that of Qantas Super into Australian Retirement Trust. Still, the size of small and medium funds continued to decline, with FY25 recording 57 super funds with less ...

Local custody industry surpasses $6tn milestone

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... custody in Australia grew to $6.2 trillion in the first half of FY26, an increase of 8.6% on the June 2025 figure, Australian Custodial Services Association data shows. In terms of individual custodians' growth, BNP Paribas' assets under custody for ...

Pengana awards investment mandate to Antipodes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... managing the PIA investment portfolio in line with the Antipodes Global SMID strategy. "Antipodes is a highly regarded Australian-based global equities investment manager with a strong track record of performance," Pengana said. "The strategy is well ...

Active ETFs drew unprecedented flows in 2025: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... billion from $4 billion in 2024. Equities segment, however, still accounted for 70% of all active ETF holdings. Total Australian ETF flows jumped to a record-high of $48.3 billion in 2025, up from $33.3 billion in 2024, driven by accelerating adoption ...

Evidentia names chief investment strategist

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2026
... experience across financial markets and economic policy in both the UK and Australia, Aird was most recently head of Australian economics at the Commonwealth Bank, where he was stationed for more than 12 years and spearheaded the domestic economy and ...