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UBS, RQI deliver for EM investors: Rainmaker

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... 10 best performers over a three-year time horizon, delivering 20.5% p.a. Across all asset classes, the top-performing product over the 12-month period was the Betashares Global Gold Miners Currency Hedged ETF, delivering a whopping 105.3% p.a. The analysis ...

APAC investors push for 24-hour trading in US markets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
A new whitepaper by DTCC explores the implications of US markets switching to a 24x5 trading schedule, allowing investors to trade 24 hours a day, five days a week. The paper said global demand, especially from APAC investors, and regulatory permissibility ...

Preparing earlier boosts average super balance by over $250k: Brighter Super

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
Australians who plan ahead are not only more comfortable in retirement but also see their super balances growing "significantly" higher than those who wait, research reveals. According to the latest Brighter Super & Investment Trends 2025 Retirement ...

Morningstar moves to pay-for-play model

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2025
... Morningstar will offer issuer-initiated ratings in Australia starting June 2026, under which fund managers and financial product issuers will pay a fee to the research house for a rating. Morningstar said this is consistent with the prevailing market ...

Padua ends joint CEO structure

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
Padua Solutions is reshaping its leadership as co-founder Anne-Marie Esler shifts from day-to-day management into a board and industry engagement role, drawing a line under the joint chief executive model she has shared with her brother since the business ...

REI Super names investment chief

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
REI Super has promoted one of its longest-serving investment executives to the newly created role of chief investment officer, following a sweeping overhaul of the fund's investment portfolio. Angelos Siapkas has been named chief investment officer ...

Record investment into AI forcing largest innovation buildout ever: BlackRock

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2025
While BlackRock acknowledges that AI may become another bubble, the firm remains overweight in its current allocations. The 2026 Global Outlook Pushing Limits report outlined the mega forces moving into the new year, as it identifies that the AI buildout ...

Shield proposes to liquidate equities to pay investors

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
The Shield Master Fund (SMF) is expected to make a distribution to victims by selling a large portion of its listed equities portfolio, according to liquidators Alvarez & Marsal. Keystone Asset Management, which is the responsible entity for the Shield ...

ASIC strengthens codes of conduct guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2025
... additional benefits to consumers and clarify what needs to be done from the perspective of a particular industry, practice or product to comply with legislation. There are three types of codes an industry can adopt: voluntary codes developed by the industry ...

Challenger to take on TelstraSuper pension product

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 DEC 2025
... following a decision to close its RetireAccess Lifetime Pension. The super fund has notified members that a review of its product suite as part of its merger plans with Aware Super resulted in a decision to not carry the product across to the merged ...