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Super education leads to engagement, higher balances: Survey

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... help you live the life you want in retirement," SMC acting chief executive Georgia Brumby said. "Super is a long-term investment - so the earlier you engage, the bigger the payoff." Conversely, a November survey released by AMP found that Australians ...

Investors weigh risks amid Venezuelan crisis

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
... Private credit is emerging as a critical channel, offering financing to local firms starved of capital. Infrastructure investment, particularly in energy, power generation, ports and logistics, is viewed as unavoidable if production is to recover, Green ...

Australians fearful of getting their investments wrong: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
New research highlights the investment sentiment among everyday Australians continues to rise but hesitancy is gating them from investing. New findings from Colonial First State's (CFS) latest research, based on a national survey of 2250 Australians ...

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
... lessons learned by 2025, emphasising comprehensive and effective governance, and maintaining a diversified, long-term investment approach amid market volatility and uncertainty.

Small win for First Guardian victims amid platform transition

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... forced to remain members of the super funds that wronged them are now able to transfer out. Since the collapse of the investment scheme, members of AusPrac Super and YourChoice Super were essentially forced to remain members of the funds throughout the ...

FEATURE | Recruitment: Laying foundations

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... merging or exiting the industry. The reasoning behind the push was simple, smaller funds simply couldn't compete on investment returns, services and cost structures, while larger funds could access scale benefits, including differentiated investments ...

Global sovereign wealth fund assets grow to $15tn

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... emerging markets, especially China, India, Indonesia, and Saudi Arabia, which received in 2025 disappointing levels of investment: a 28% drop from 2024, and only 15% of the total," the report read. Global SWF also flagged concentration risk in the Magnificent ...

ASIC sues BDO Audit for misleading statements

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 5 JAN 2026
... misconduct continues to be a key enforcement priority for ASIC." Notably, BDO is also the auditor of the collapsed investment scheme Shield Master Fund, which confirmed that Keystone Asset Management, the responsible entity of Shield, had complied with ...

MetLife completes PineBridge acquisition

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 DEC 2025
A year on from the announcement, MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has successfully acquired PineBridge Investments from the Pacific Century Group. The combined business, which manages total assets of US$735 billion, will be led by MIM president Brian ...