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Tokenisation could inject $24bn annually: Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... opportunities across an asset lifecycle, including improved capital efficiency, shorter settlement cycles, reduced counterparty risk, 24/7 liquidity access, and reductions in intermediation costs and operational errors. However, they also presented where ...

Mulino targets retail investor protections, high-risk MISs: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
Assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino will target the flow of retail investor money into high-risk managed investment schemes (MIS), the Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association (SIAA) Conference heard this morning, flagging how regulators will ...

ASIC flags disclosure flaws in first wave of mandatory climate reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has raised concerns over the use of misleading disclaimers, inconsistent climate risk disclosures and unclear reporting assumptions in the first round of mandatory sustainability reports lodged under Australia's ...

Combating modern slavery difficult but not impossible: RIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
While it might be challenging to construct a truly modern-slavery-risk free investment portfolio, it is not impossible, a sustainability expert says, who will help wealth managers combat such risks at next week's Responsible Investment Association ...

Investors rotate into fixed income as diversification demand grows: Capital Group

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... found asset owners are prioritising diversification, liquidity and portfolio agility as concerns around equity concentration risk and global market uncertainty continues to rise. The survey conducted among 300 senior investment professionals across Asia-Pacific ...

Plato launches global shares ETF

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2026
... concentrated" sectors like banking and miners. "[The concentrated sectors possess] a lot of single-economy, single-currency risk for a portfolio that's supposed to fund someone's retirement," Pennell said. "PGI2 gives investors income exposure to sectors ...

Ausbil appointed co-manager for NYSE-listed fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... investment process that integrates macroeconomic analysis, regional and sector allocation, bottom-up stock selection and risk-aware portfolio construction. Incepted on May 13, the fund currently has about US$25 million in assets. Some top holdings are ...

ART overhauls death and TPD insurance fees

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... administration fee from $1.20 to $1.10. Over one year, this represents a reduction of $5.20 in fees. Additionally, ART is updating its risk labels on investments. It's high growth option will now move from the 'high' risk label to 'medium to high'. Balance ...

Aussie investors entering 'regime shift': VanEck

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
... at discounts to the ASX 50. The firm identified materials, select industries and mid-cap stocks as offering the strongest risk adjusted opportunities heading into the second half of 2026. Companies including Aurizon Holdings, Transurban and Telstra were ...

AI to outweigh inflation fears in fixed income markets: Allspring

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2026
Rising energy prices and geopolitical tensions may be dominating fixed income markets today, but Allspring Global Investments head of global macro strategy Noah Wise believes Artificial Intelligence (AI) will become the far more significant force, shaping ...