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arcpoint OCIO wins three mandates

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2026
... arcpoint will deliver a portfolio solution. arcpoint chief executive and founding partner Jacqueline Fernley said the disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has markets oscillating between risk-on reflation and risk-off inflation, with geopolitics setting ...

Government rolls out relief via National Reconstruction Fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
The federal government is bringing forward over $6 billion in concessional capital, including zero interest loans, to support local businesses affected by global disruptions. The $1 billion Economic Resilience Program, $5 billion Net Zero Fund, and ...

Baby boomers look to switch benefactors' advisers: Natixis

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2026
... (Natixis IM) Great Wealth Transfer report, baby boomers, Australians aged between 62 to 80, are expected to cause the most disruption as 75% said they would switch advisers upon inheritance. The survey interviewed 2700 financial professionals and 7000 ...

Rest strengthens investment approach, digital member services

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2026
... -1.55% in the same period. Rest lamented the performance was the result of the developments across the Middle East and disruption from the technology sector, largely revolving around artificial intelligence (AI). "The situation in the Middle East remains ...

Global economy 'drifting' to adverse scenario: IMF

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2026
International Monetary Fund (IMF) director of research Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas said with each passing day that disruption continues in the Middle East, the global economy is drifting closer to the adverse scenario of its projections. The IMF has downgraded ...

Viridian targets double-digit growth

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2026
... businesses to take greater responsibility for investment outcomes, particularly as the industry responds to recent disruption and a sharper focus on governance and accountability," Shahien said. Shahien said as the advice sector faces scrutiny, now is ...

Calm urged as global markets look 'increasingly unstable'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... right question is not whether there's a last-minute climbdown. It should be: what happens to markets if the risk of disruption to the Strait of Hormuz is now permanently higher?" Roughly a fifth of global oil supply passes through the Strait of Hormuz ...

Global recession a 'real possibility': UniSuper

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2026
... scenarios to play out. It does take time for oil shortages to make their way through the system." Colosimo noted the disruption in oil supply is more than just price increases. It is about quantity and if there is enough fuel to keep the economy ticking ...

Geopolitical risks, private credit threaten financial stability: RBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAR 2026
... private equity exposures to the software industry, where valuations have come under pressure in the face of potential disruption from AI-based competition," the RBA said. In Australia, since the escalation of the Middle East conflict, the RBA observed ...

Janus Henderson says Victory deal could leave it 'gravely damaged'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... substantial cost-cutting in the business. Janus Henderson said it suggests "a level of cost-cutting that could lead to the disruption of systems and services, attrition of investment staff, deterioration in compliance functions and the degradation of ...