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Inflation pulls back in November

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... Jamie Hannah said it was pleasing to see inflation pull back in November. "After a steady climb over the second half of last year, it changed course in November, with headline inflation dropping to 3.4%, and trimmed mean - the RBA's preferred measure ...

ATO to restrict travel over unpaid super obligations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... outstanding tax. Since July 2025, the ATO said it has issued 21 DPOs, more than the total number issued in the financial year ended 30 June 2025. "Taxpayers who have accumulated significant tax debts that they have the means to pay, and who take deliberate ...

HESTA records over $10bn in investment returns

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... driven by strong investment performance. The default MySuper Balanced Growth option returned 9.42% for the 2025 calendar year, recording above the industry average of 9.1% for the period. Over the last decade this option has averaged an annual return ...

Magellan records drop in assets under management

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... months to December 2025. Total AUM decreased from $40.2 billion as at September 30, to $39.9 billion as at December 31 last year. Reporting on its two main investment segments, MFG revealed that its retail AUM was valued at $15.8 billion, marking a slight ...

WAM delivers standout 41% return in 2025

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... weightage was in Lindian Resources, an Australian critical mineral explorer, which jumped by more than 400% in price in the last year. Lindian Resources mines rare earths and bauxite assets critical to electric vehicles and a range of industries. It's ...

Super funds' external fund manager spend hits $2bn

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
Superannuation funds spent more than $1.9 billion on external fund manager fees last financial year, with nearly 60% of the amount going to equity fund managers, according to APRA figures. The prudential regulator's breakdown of super funds' ...

Fund managers 'remarkably positive' despite headwinds: Frontier

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... business growth between now and 2030. This figure peaked at 97.3% back in 2016 and plummeted to a low of 85.7% the following year. Between 2014 to 2017, nearly a third (30%) of fund managers found that "pressure from clients for fees to contract and ...

First Super chief to join rival as investment head

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
First Super chief executive Bill Watson will bid farewell to the fund for the paper, pulp and timber industries to take up a lead investment role. Watson is joining BUSSQ as chief investment officer, effective April. He has served as chief executive ...

No room for a neutral stance in 2026: BlackRock

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... boost to growth through productivity gains. We estimate that this would expand economy-wide revenues by $1.1 trillion per year - more than enough to justify the upper-end of spending," it said. Seeing this as an opportunity for active stock picking ...

China's two speed economies: Which one wins?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... talking about companies. You see all these highly competitive companies in all different areas." China's government last year pledged to cut back on excessive competition in companies through its "anti-involution" campaign. It hopes to combat overcapacity ...