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US and Israel strike Iran: What it means for investors

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 MAR 2026
... history suggests that equity sell-offs driven by geopolitical events are typically short-lived," Shah said. "Over the past six decades, most geopolitical crises have led to temporary market drawdowns, with a median peak-to-trough decline of around 7%. ...

Fidelity promotes high-profile resources analyst

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... productivity, and the potential impact of US policy on Australian miners. The portfolio manager's career also includes six years as a senior associate in Citi's equity research division in Sydney, where he covered the resources sector. Fidelity ...

Super moves: Mercer, AusSuper, Future Fund, VFMC

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... internally managed direct investments. Jessica Melville's role as head of mid risk portfolio strategy and research was one of six roles axed as part of the restructuring. Her departure last November followed the exit of mid-risk chief Jason Peasley ...

Australian Ethical unveils strong half-year results

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
Australian Ethical saw underlying profit after tax (UPAT) increase by 25% to $14.4 million in the six months to December end, while net profit after tax (NPAT) attributable to shareholders was $13.3 million, up 42%. Revenue of $65.8 million was up 13% ...

Strategic simplification lifts ClearView's profits

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... revenue was $215.6 million, a 13% increase from the prior corresponding period. Additionally, new business written in the six months to December 31 was up 29% to $21 million, maintaining its 10% to 11% market share. ClearView said it now operates on ...

L1 Group realises $24m of $35m merger cost synergies

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... rise in total funds under management (FUM) to $17.6 billion across its strategies as at December 2025, a rise of 7.9% in the six months, driven by net outflows offset by positive investment returns of $3.2 billion. Underlying profits jumped to $66 million ...

GDG reports record FUM growth, eyes stronger second half

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
Generation Development Group (GDG) saw strong returns across all its business lines in the six months to 31 December 2025, with net profit after tax growing 63% to $20.1 million in the period. The group is now targeting even better performance in the ...

Governance issues on the rise: ASIC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
In the six months from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, the corporate watchdog received 9686 reports of misconduct (ROMs), raising 13,036 issues, new data from ASIC shows. ASIC said the increase in ROMs was driven largely by corporate governance concerns ...

Blue Owl sells US$1.4bn assets to pension funds

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... special deals. There's no secret discounting. Sometimes you'll see in the secondary sale hold the buyer gets to keep six months of interest. There's none of that here. It's plain as day, and they're paying par," he said. Packer also ...

OneVue adviser exits dents Praemium's FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2026
... when it was acquired from Iress Limited (Iress)) and $3 million in Praemium Super," the company said. Looking at the next six months, Praemium said with the OneVue transition complete about $3 million of synergies will be realised. "Excluding the planned ...