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Vanguard's oldest ETF eclipses to US$1tn in value

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
... "Crossing the US$1 trillion barrier is more symbolic than anything. ETFs do not win prizes for growing to a particular size. Though Vanguard, and its funds that own the firm, will earn incrementally more revenue," Sotiroff said. Vanguard's latest ...

Family office succession takes back seat to investments

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
While family offices have investment strategies down pat, the state of their succession plans paint another story, which reports suggest could undermine a seamless transfer of a vast amount of wealth. On the plus side, most family offices have a robust ...

Cooling economy could keep RBA on hold

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2026
... "stagflationary regime". "GDP growth is slowing, unemployment is rising and inflation remains elevated," Chesler said. "Even though inflation is high and likely to remain stubborn, we do not expect the increase in trimmed mean inflation to 3.4%, combined ...

Product Showcase: Calm in the chaos

THE FINANCIAL STANDARD TEAM  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... need to hug a benchmark, the team has more control - but also more at stake - in their portfolio. Here's the best bit though. Both traditional and contrarian investors get blindsided by market shocks in equal measure. While the traditional investor ...

'Shockproof' portfolios integrate geopolitical risks: CIO

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
Investors must integrate geopolitical risks into their decision making and anticipate assets being repriced at a blistering rate, as a means to help "shockproof" portfolios, according to an investments chief. As uncertainty around geopolitical risks ...

Inflation eases, experts split on next RBA move

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2026
... annual inflation rate eased slightly to 4.2% in the 12 months to April 2026, down from 4.6% annual inflation to March, though persistent cost pressures across the housing and energy continued to weigh on households, according to the Australian Bureau ...

ASIC, APRA target insurers' TPD product sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... investigated AustralianSuper for sitting on death benefit claims that exceeded internal targets of four months. Most recently, though, AustralianSuper's group insurer TAL said about 35% of the super fund's TPD, income protection and terminal ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... people assume it will never happen," he says. He notes if anything ever goes wrong, one should assume retail investors, even though they were told about some of the risks, will seek remedy in the courts. But for now, Dimon is still on the lookout for ...

Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... more like 40% over the past year, so it is the tech story that's booming, but broader than that as well." Australia, though, is an outlier compared to its peers. Over the next 12 months, Mousina predicts the Reserve Bank of Australia will raise the ...

Federated Hermes launches global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... the February rollout of its Global Trade Finance Fund. The firm already has a sizeable institutional footprint locally though its stewardship arm, EOS at Federated Hermes, which advises on approximately US$2.3 trillion (AU$3.38 trillion) in assets globally. ...