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Iran conflict exposes 'fault line' in Australian equities: VanEck

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2026
The conflict in Iran has exposed a "fault line" in Australian equities, with some of the ASX's biggest names driving an outsized share of losses, according to VanEck Asia Pacific chief executive Arian Neiron. Neiron said the sell-off is a reminder that ...

Morningstar names most compelling funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2026
... Pendal Focus Australian Share Fund; Vinva Australian Equity Fund; Allan Gray Australian Equity Fund; Platypus Australian Equities Fund; and the Maple-Brown Abbott Australian Small Companies Fund. "The breadth of actively managed equity strategies available ...

Clancy reshapes Rest Super investment team

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... accessing those benefits on behalf of members," Clancy said. Bluzmanis is moving from her role as head of research, external equities. She joined Rest in 2021 to oversee global equities, arriving from BT Investment Group where she had been a senior portfolio ...

Yarra hunts for superior returns outside ASX giants

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2026
... chip names can offer investors superior risk-adjusted returns, Yarra Capital Management chair and head of Australian equities Dion Hershan said. Speaking at the Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) in Sydney today, Hershan said the old investment ...

ETF home bias more prominent amid global unrest: BlackRock

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
BlackRock said Australian ETF investors are preferring local equities over the US as global unrest rises due to the conflict in the Middle East. It's flagship IOZ ETF, which provides investors exposure to Australian S&P/ASX200 stocks, saw flows ...

U Ethical chief executive departs, successor named

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... at the Financial Services Council for nearly a decade. He is currently the independent chair of Pengana International Equities and FundBase Group, as well as an industry council member for Nest, a private capital platform for fund managers and sophisticated ...

Sequoia offloads InterPrac in $50k fire sale

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
... sustainable path forward for all stakeholders." Pereira was the founder of investment and advisory firms, including India Equities Fund, Olympus Funds Management and Tristar Corporate Advisors. He is the former president and deputy chair of the Australia ...

Super moves: Future Fund, ART, First Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... alternatives before taking on her current role. Genevieve Murray, managing director of responsible investment and listed equities, and Paul Banks, head of portfolio design, have been named joint heads of real assets on an interim basis. Future Fund interim ...

Fund manager red flags founders' massive pay packages

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI) Conference in Sydney, Emma Fisher, the deputy head of Australian equities at Airlie Funds Management, shared poignant lessons she's learned as a professional investor from founder led and non-founder ...

ETFs grow in popularity for SMSF investors

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... bank hybrids. Non-advised SMSFs also continue to show more of a home bias, with just 6.4% of their portfolios in global equities compared to 24% for advised investors. Recent research from the University of Adelaide and SMSF Association found SMSFs underperformed ...