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Investors thrust into rules of the 'jungle': Economist

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... factor, whether Trump's in power, whether someone else in the US is in power," she said. "This is a natural change in our world as a result of the global economy moving from a new polar to a multipolar world - that we have more of these areas where ...

Federated Hermes launches global equity fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2026
... globally. This includes mandates linked to several of Australia's largest superannuation funds. Benchmarking against MSCI World ex Australia Index, the strategy will typically hold between 250 and 500 stocks selected through a systematic and data ...

AI can give fundies an edge over the market: Invesco

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... when management is talking to sell side analysts," he said. "We track every single manager for every company around the world, so whether they were working at BHP and then switched over to Rio or whether they were working at NAB and now they're working ...

Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... settlement, reduced counterparty risk, improved capital efficiency and automated asset servicing. "Australia achieved important world firsts through Project Acacia, including the issuance of pilot wholesale CBDC onto both public and private distributed ...

Removing CGT discount on all assets will make tax system fairer: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... company with lower returns. On the comparison of the effective capital gains tax compared to other jurisdictions in the world, Chalmers said it overlooked the difference between tax rates on real gains versus nominal gains. "Even for an asset with gains ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... developed-market equities, with an active dividend rotation strategy targeting monthly income distributions and tracks the MSCI World ex Australia Net Returns Unhedged Index, Plato said. The launch of PGI2 is in response to increasing demand for income ...

Natixis appoints client services director

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
Natixis IM appoints a client services director as it continues to expand its local range of managed funds and active ETFs. Mai Platts joins the investment giant as director in client services, reporting to Barbara Whyte, head of client services and ...

Structural reforms necessary despite global shocks: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... place to do more damage and marginalise more people over time. "It would have been easier to see what's happening around the world as an excuse to leave some of the most difficult challenges in our economy for someone else to fix later," he said. "We ...

Iress names chief tech officer to lead AI transformation

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... and deliver better outcomes for our clients," Russell added. "Our model is clear: strong internal leadership, supported by world-class external capability to accelerate targeted modernisation of core platforms, AI integration across client workflows ...

NZ Super 'accepts' court loss, updates policy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026
... manner consistent with, among other things, avoiding prejudice to New Zealand's reputation as a responsible member of the world community, and our investment policies are designed to ensure we achieve that objective," Billett said. "We accept Justice ...