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Active managers face selection test: Morningstar

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 24 SEP 2026
... than passive indices can capture. Fixed income also emerged as a relative bright spot, with higher interest rates and greater market volatility creating opportunities for managers to actively adjust duration and credit exposures. The results were less ...

Retirement confidence lags as investors turn to AI

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2026
... retirement systems and digitalisation reshape the savings landscape, individuals are increasingly being called upon to take greater responsibility for their long-term financial security," Wurtz said. "The challenge - and the opportunity - is to help ...

Intergenerational Report looks to AI to buoy productivity slump

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... continuing to drive revenue growth. "Bracket creep is not tax reform. It is tax increases by stealth. Australians deserve greater transparency about how much future government revenue relies on workers being pushed into higher tax brackets over time," ...

AI overtakes superfunds for investor education

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 22 SEP 2026
... ETF's Australian chief executive Alex Zaika said the findings highlighted the challenges Australians face as they take greater responsibility for building long-term wealth. "While a national score of 63 out of 100 isn't disastrous, it's nowhere ...

Active strategies a different story in ETFs: MSCI

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... where demand is building, where advisers see room to broaden the toolkit and how investor needs are changing can bring greater clarity to where the market may develop next." MSCI said the growth in active ETFs is not coming at the expense of managed ...

MA Financial launches $500m fund

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... "Centres of this scale and trading performance rarely transact, with only three regional shopping centres having traded in greater Melbourne over the past decade." Separately, an AFR article reports that the MA Real Estate Income Fund is experiencing ...

Pengana-WAM feud over PIA comes to an end

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 18 SEP 2026
... additional independent directors. WAM said it intends to participate in the buyback and retain a shareholding in PIA no greater than 2.69% of PIA's issued capital before the buyback. Furthermore, the new board has approved Antipodes Partners as the sub-manager ...

AI moves into the advice process

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 17 SEP 2026
... rates. Experian Australia and New Zealand chief executive Andrew Black said the opportunity was accompanied by a need for greater safeguards. "Australians surveyed are open to using AI when researching and comparing financial products, with the findings ...

Asset managers turn to outsourcing, AI: Survey

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2026
... said managers were focusing resources on areas where they could differentiate. "Asset managers are pursuing growth with greater discipline and a sharper focus on the areas where they can differentiate," Burns said. "Rather than pursuing broad-based expansion ...

Automic Group launches full-service fund admin, custody platform

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2026
... other international markets, Automic said, resulting in faster processing, improved data integrity, embedded controls and greater transparency across the fund administration lifecycle. The new offering builds on its established platform, connecting fund ...