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Trump plans to ban large investors from buying homes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... St. Louis, Missouri, ownership exceeds 20%. However, only 2.4% were found to be owned by out-of-state companies; the majority are owned by everyday investors operating through limited liability companies. Blackstone is a major investor in residential ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... Asked if they expect their businesses to grow over the next five years, other than via market growth, an overwhelming majority are optimistic - a sentiment that has not wavered since the survey kicked off in 2014. Some 93.9% of managers are predicting ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... we are expecting Australian growth will moderate, as will inflation, allowing the RBA to keep rates unchanged for the majority of the year before potentially cutting rates as inflation rates come down towards the target range," she said. Therefore, despite ...

Trustees up sponsorship deals, Hostplus takes lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 DEC 2025
... ($99k) and Printing Industries Association ($94k). HESTA's sponsorship expenses came to $2.2 million with the vast majority going to associations like the Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (Victorian Branch), Aged and Community Care Providers ...

Mulino wants PII to step up to make CSLR sustainable

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
... all sectors in Australia. "The obligation on licensees to have adequate compensation arrangements means that the vast majority of licensees hold PII policies. Demand for PII in the Australian market is therefore largely inelastic," the paper read. "As ...

Ontario Teachers' sells majority stake in Sydney desalination plant

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTPP) has sold its 60% stake in the Sydney Desalination Plant (SDP) to Utilities Trust of Australia (UTA). The asset has been co-owned by the two firms since 2012, with UTA previously owning 40% of SDP and acquiring ...

ASIC sues Diversa for First Guardian failures

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2025
... had "relatively limited experience in managing multi-asset diversified funds", and the board was not constituted with a majority of independent directors. Further, SQM found the fund's liquidity profile was "quite different to a typical Balanced ...

AZ NGA partners with Sydney Financial Planning

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... NGA's investments in Adelaide-based accounting and financial planning firm Oreon Partners earlier this year. As well as a majority stake in Western Australia-based Geographe Financial Group, and a strategic partnership with Queensland advice firm MiQ ...

Government cracks down on financial abuse via coerced directorships

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2025
... affects more than 2.4 million Australians and costs the economy around $10.9 billion per year. The consultation noted that majority of victim-survivors of financial abuse are women. Financial abuse, the paper said, is a subset of economic abuse and undermines ...

Tech bubble top of mind for super funds in 2026: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2025
... again. But 46% think AI is a bubble: 37% overall anticipate a market correction sometime in 2026," the report said. The majority (74%) agreed that there will be a market correction in 2026. "While we're starting to see some speculative premium in ...