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Oxfam calls for net wealth tax

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
The average Australian billionaires' wealth grew by almost $600,000 a day in the past year, or over $10.5 billion collectively, Oxfam research found. Globally, billionaire wealth jumped by over 16% in 2025, three times faster than the past five-year ...

Geoeconomic conflicts, extreme weather threaten global stability: WEF

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2026
... remain unclear. "Technological developments and new innovations are driving opportunities, with vast potential benefits from health and education to agriculture and infrastructure, but also leading to new risks across domains, from labour markets to ...

Financing the technological revolution: AI issuance in credit

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... said. "The cost of debt capital is still low in absolute terms, credit spreads tight, and big cap tech's balance sheet health is still very good. For these reasons, we see no major barriers for a significant levering up by the hyperscalers." Morgan ...

APRA executive director of super, life insurance exits

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has noted the departure of executive director life insurance, private health insurance and superannuation (LPHIS) Carmen Beverley-Smith. APRA said Beverley-Smith has resigned to take up an opportunity ...

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 ...

Global X reveals 2025 top performing ETF asset classes

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
Global X has revealed that precious metals, copper miners and critical minerals were among the best-performing ETF asset classes in 2025, saying investors gravitated towards real assets amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty, inflation concerns and ...

Super moves: WATC, Medibank, HESTA, Future Fund

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
... HESTA to take on a portfolio manager role in treasury and investments at Medibank. Before landing at the Australian private health insurer, Trajkovski served as associate portfolio manager with HESTA's fixed income team for almost four years, after ...

Rest returns 'healthy' 9.22% to members

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JAN 2026
Rest's default Growth option returned 9.22% over the 12 months to 31 December 2025 - the third consecutive calendar year of positive returns. Rest said the 2025 return was underpinned by the strong performance of Australian and international listed ...

HESTA records over $10bn in investment returns

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
HESTA members saw over $10 billion added to their retirement savings in 2025, 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% ...

China's two speed economies: Which one wins?

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
Fund managers are increasingly looking at China for opportunities in the high-growth sectors, as government policies tackle structural concerns in the Chinese economy. Most remain cautiously optimistic as they assess whether the new engine of the economy ...