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SMC calls for guaranteed super for domestic workers

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... excluded if they work less than 30 hours a week with the same employer, after its analysis found 515,000 teen workers nationally will be denied a combined $405 million this financial year. SMC said axing the 30-hour threshold would help close the gender ...

'Not much' RBA can do about short-term inflation woes: Hauser

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... policy," Hauser said. "But we do need to take account of activity. We do need to take account of the possibility that that will close the output gap for ourselves. Of course, the trickiness there is we know it affects demand, but we probably think it ...

JBWere makes senior advice hires

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
... Totality, for three years, and also led StoneX Group's Australian operations for several years. Both Walsh and Smoker will join around the same time as new chief investment officer Alexandra Campbell, whose appointment was announced in December. ...

FEATURE: Private equity | Time to deploy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... allocated, but that doesn't mean they're not deploying capital; the companies that are having problems in credit will also have PE investments, and those PE investors will be the last ones to get their money out at the end of the day. "As there's ...

Future Fund targets $15m in savings, reviews staffing

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
Future Fund will cut costs by $10 to $15 million in FY27, in a bid to ensure costs and staffing levels remain appropriate for the years ahead. It expects further savings in subsequent years. Australia's sovereign wealth fund said it will achieve ...

Insignia Financial shareholders approve takeover

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... hearing, Insignia said it proposed to lodge the order of the court with ASIC on April 17. Following that, Insignia shares will be suspended from trading on the ASX from market close on the date the Scheme becomes legally effective and on April 28 the ...

HESTA confirms deputy chief investment officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... first deputy chief investment officer, promoting from within. Jeff Brunton has been named in the newly created role, which he will perform in tandem with his existing responsibilities as head of portfolio management. Brunton has been with HESTA since ...

Spheria launches active ETF for small caps fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
Spheria Asset Management's Spheria Australian Smaller Companies Fund - Active ETF (ASX: SPHX) will be available on the ASX tomorrow, launching amid strong momentum shown across the broader ETF market despite volatility from the Middle East. Spheria ...

Unit pricing errors hit two Mercer funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... to 5 March 2026. Mercer Investments Australia, as the responsible entity, said in a notice "unit prices for these periods will not be reissued because we have compensated the fund as well as the investors who have been negatively impacted." "We have ...

UK's Nest to invest $860m in private companies

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2026
... pension scheme by members has selected a manager to oversee a significant new open-ended mandate. Crescent Capital Group will manage a direct lending mandate for Nest to the tune of $858.5 million (£450m). The money is to be deployed over the coming ...