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Aware Super strengthens support for financial advisers

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Aware Super is introducing better support to financial advisers as it antes up the delivery of education with licensees and advisers, in a move to expand its advice relationships capability. To better focus on the initiative, the $235 billion super ...

Aussie active equity managers lack persistent outperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... skill, with several funds consistently outranking their peers in the medium term. Australian bond funds proved "notably better persistence." Of the 17 top-quartile funds in 2023, seven (41.2%) remained in the top quartile each of the next two years. ...

Investors the biggest losers in 2026 Budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... earn a living from wages," he explained. In a bid to protect more investors, Treasury pledged $10.3 million to ASIC to better data use when supervising managed investment schemes. This comes as the government launched a review to focus on governance ...

Government to commit $3.7bn to strengthen aged care access

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... delivered to strengthen regulatory, governance and quality arrangements, sector viability and workforce support to provide better aged care for older Australians. "These changes build on the government's aged care reforms that have codified the rights ...

Chalmers chooses 'hard road of reform' in Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... compared to the MYEFO, the Budget is $44.9 billion stronger than forecast. "It is more than a quarter of a trillion dollars better than what the Coalition left us," Chalmers said. "This is possible because of our responsible approach to finding savings ...

GQG reports nearly US$10 outflows, keeps FUM stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... year to US$463 million. Analysing the full-year results, Morningstar equity analyst Shaun Ler said GQG's profits were much better than expected, benefiting from the compounding of its funds under management (FUM). "Revenue exceeded forecasts as fee margins ...

Super funds can drive member engagement through insurance: TAL

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
New research from TAL suggests Australians who better understand and engage with their insurance through superannuation are significantly more confident about their financial security if they become unable to work. The study of 2000 super fund members ...

GSFM launches two global private markets funds

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... to not only invest outside of public markets, but into a multi-manager and multi-sector portfolio of private assets to better diversify their private market allocation," Lewis said. "Private markets are expected to grow to around US$30 trillion by 2029 ...

Advice industry can't afford CSLR to be an 'unsustainable mess': FAAA

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... "even basis". While 63% want to cap the total amount paid by the advice sector and 74% are calling to change AFCA rules to better allow investors to make complaints against the management of MISs and superfunds as a whole, the survey found. Abood said ...

Magellan confirms job losses

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2026
... from the strategy change, which limits the pace of any near-term earnings recovery." However, Ler added that Vinva is the better performing manager of the two. "It is relatively well rated by research houses, though considerably less known than larger ...