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ASX listings, trade volumes improve in December

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
The latest ASX monthly activity report indicates a healthy rebound in listing numbers, with 18 listings in December, bringing total listings for the second half of 2025 to 62. While this marked an improvement, the number of companies delisting climbed ...

AustralianSuper backs BlueScope rejecting $13bn bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
AustralianSuper has increased its holding in BlueScope Steel to 13.5% after SGH and Steel Dynamics launched a $13.2 billion takeover bid for the Australian steel producer. BlueScope rejected the $30 per share offer, claiming it was not even close to ...

Global X reveals 2025 top performing ETF asset classes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... buying, including from Australian retail investors who are turning to the yellow metal," Global X senior product and investment strategist Marc Jocum said. "While some of the rally was driven by retail fear of missing out (FOMO), gold's recent healthy ...

Equity managers' research most reliant on AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... "The majority of organisations use AI in a supportive capacity, with humans remaining the final decision-makers in investment processes."

NGS Super appoints asset allocation lead

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... providing further strength. There has recently been some movement within the broader ranks, with a number of senior investment and risk executives changing. Fixed income specialist Hamid Yahyaei has left NGS Super to join the Commonwealth Bank's ...

Super moves: WATC, Medibank, HESTA, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... fixed income consultant. Before that, he managed fixed interest at UniSuper and spent two and a half years at Plato Investment Management as a senior portfolio manager specialising in income strategies. Before joining Plato, McCrum spent 14 years as ...

Praemium governance executive joins MST

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Damian Cilmi has left his position as head of investment managers and governance at Praemium to set up a new business at MST Financial. Cilmi, formerly head of investment managers and governance at Praemium, joins MST as a partner responsible for building ...

Wilkin-Smith, Hales join trustee board for AMP Super

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... non-executive directors of NM Super, the superannuation trustee for AMP. Wilkin-Smith will also join the trustee's investment committee. He brings extensive experience in the design and oversight of large global investment portfolios across public ...

A new landscape for sustainable investing in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... draws on the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) framework. Prioritisation of biodiversity risks in investment strategies, as well as the improvement of data quality is expected in 2026, the report predicted, as regulatory and voluntary ...

Rest returns 'healthy' 9.22% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... option's solid long-term annualised return of 7.31% over the 10-year period to 31 December 2025, which exceeded the investment return objective of 5.83% over the same time period. This continues the Growth option's long-term track record of consistently ...