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AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
Rising energy prices and geopolitical tensions may be dominating fixed income markets today, but Allspring Global Investments head of global macro strategy Noah Wise believes Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become the far more significant force, shaping ...

WAM offers global real assets exposure via new offering

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
Wilson Asset Management (WAM) has launched a real assets fund, providing investors with exposure to assets, including natural capital like water, agriculture and timber. The Wilson Asset Management Real Assets Fund (WRAF) will partner with specialist ...

Natixis appoints client services director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Natixis IM appoints a client services director as it continues to expand its local range of managed funds and active ETFs. Mai Platts joins the investment giant as director in client services, reporting to Barbara Whyte, head of client services and ...

FinCap increases investment oversight ahead of PM platform launch

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... Bradley and Wright will be joined on the committee by chair Christian Ryan and head of portfolio and investment solutions Ben Davis. Ryan said both appointments support a move to replicate a governance framework similar to those utilised by institutional ...

NZ Super 'accepts' court loss, updates policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
The Guardians of New Zealand Superannuation (Guardians), the manager of the $90 billion New Zealand Superannuation Fund, has confirmed it will not appeal a recent Judicial Review which found two of its policy documents were not formulated in accordance ...

Aussie active equity managers lack persistent outperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
Australian active equity fund managers struggle to persistently outperform in the medium term as those that shone four years ago failed to triumph in 2025, the new SPIVA Australia persistence scorecard reveals. Among the Australian equity funds that ...

Adviser ban stretched to 2028 in ASIC deterrence win

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
The Administrative Review Tribunal (ART) has prohibited Stephen Rogers from being registered as a financial adviser for another three years. Melbourne-based Stephen Rogers, a representative of United Global Capital, had been prohibited from registering ...

Former adviser jailed over $2m SMSF investment scheme

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
Former financial services director Ashley Arandez has been sentenced to five and a half years imprisonment after admitting to dishonest conduct, operating an unlicensed financial services business and dealing with proceeds of crime tied to $1.97 million ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
As the 2026 Budget promises "bold, broad and ambitious" tax reforms, in addition to easing cost-of-living pressures and strengthening fuel security, wealth managers decry investors and the economy will not come out on top. Last night, Treasurer Jim ...

Government pushes for investment risk taking

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
The government has introduced a package of reforms in the budget in a bid to support resilience, investment and risk taking as well as unlock patient capital for young and expanding firms. It said it will permanently extend the $20,000 instant asset ...