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Super education leads to engagement, higher balances: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... super as one in four have never engaged with their super fund. Only 44% have engaged with their provider once or twice a year, the Retirement Confidence Pulse survey found. Only a minority at 8%, who were 50 years old and older, regularly checked their ...

Investors weigh risks amid Venezuelan crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
Oil prices have seen volatility globally after the US bombed Venezuela and captured President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela holds the world's largest proven oil reserves, estimated at more than 300 billion barrels, alongside substantial deposits of gold ...

Deutsche Bank shares surpass book value for first time since GFC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... ourselves back in 2022," Sewing said when announcing the bank's 2025 Q3 results. Deutsche Bank saw revenues increase by 7% year on year, reaching €24.4 billion. "We are now on the verge of delivering what we set out to do three years ago. If we continue ...

Australians fearful of getting their investments wrong: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... one asset, despite data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) showing national house prices rose just 3.5% in the year to 30 June 2025 and rental yields sitting a roughly 3%. Further, about half (50%) viewed cash-style products, such as high-interest ...

AllianceBernstein promotes private wealth head to president

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
AllianceBernstein (AB), the subsidiary investment management firm of Equitable Holdings, has announced a new leader to oversee the company alongside its chief executive Seth Bernstein. As president, Onur Erzan will partner with Bernstein to prioritise ...

Retail investors cautiously confident in 2026: ASA

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
According to a survey from the Australian Shareholders Association (ASA), the ASX200 had a solid year, gaining 6.8% in 2025, however there were dramatic sector rotations and significant discrepancies in outcome performance across different markets and ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... announcement, but the road to a merger is long and winding - one with a lot of uncertainty on the way. It typically takes around a year to 18 months for a successor fund transfer (SFT) to happen. During this time there is a huge focus on integration ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... investors benefitted from the financial market rally in 2025 and expects them to continue to enjoy the strong momentum in the new year. It projects the total assets under management by state-owned investors to rise to US$80 trillion by the end of 2030. ...

Rate hikes expected in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... some economists predicting that the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) will raise interest rates at its first meeting of the year in February. Commonwealth Bank economist Ashwin Clarke said the bank has revised its forecasts, now expecting a 25 basis point ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... that Keystone Asset Management, the responsible entity of Shield, had complied with the compliance plan for the financial year ended 30 June 2022. However, in FY23, BDO noted that Keystone "has not provided us with access to information that we require ...