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Aussie active equity managers lack persistent outperformance: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
Australian active equity fund managers struggle to persistently outperform in the medium term as those that shone four years ago failed to triumph in 2025, the new SPIVA Australia persistence scorecard reveals. Among the Australian equity funds that ...

Future Fund executive departs after 10 years

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
... world's leading asset owners operate their investment programs with rigorous, fit for purpose governance frameworks. Every major allocation decision is anchored to investment strategy, has a clear owner, a defined process, and accountability for ...

Industry welcomes government's productivity push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2026
The Actuaries Institute and the Australian Banking Association (ABA) have welcomed the measures taken by the government to tackle structural productivity concerns in the Australian economy. The ABA said the Federal Budget has laid the groundwork to ...

Minimum 30% tax for discretionary trusts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
Discretionary trusts have been slapped with a 30% minimum tax amid a slew of "fairer tax arrangements" reforms in the 2026-27 Budget to address intergenerational inequity. From 1 July 2028, Treasurer Jim Chalmers proposes to introduce the new tax that ...

Budget doubles down on housing supply with $2bn infrastructure push

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... Buy. "Together, these initiatives now assist more than half of first home buyers into home ownership," Chalmers said. A major early initiative was the National Housing Accord unveiled in the 2022 Federal Budget, which aimed to deliver one million new ...

Government plans 'standardised' assessment for NDIS

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... organisations capabilities to host genuine participation activities. Unscheduled reassessments, the government said, has been the major driver of spending growth in the program, an average reassessment resulting in a 20% increase in plan value. To address ...

Chalmers chooses 'hard road of reform' in Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... said. "We are well placed and well prepared to confront these challenges with faster growth at the end of last year than any major advanced economy, low unemployment, solid wage growth and stronger public finances than most of the developed world."

ASFA expands technical implementation service

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
... approaches, operational processes, and data and technology requirements. The revamped service will help related entities manage major regulatory transformations - like the one currently underway with Payday Super - from the early stages of policymaking ...

GQG reports nearly US$10 outflows, keeps FUM stable

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2026
GQG Partners has stemmed a substantial US$9.9 billion in outflows offset by stellar investment performance to end April with US$166.9 billion in total assets. Year-to-date figures show the fund manager offsetting nearly US$10 billion in client money ...

Perpetual to wind up fixed income fund

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2026
... as inflation was re-priced, as was central bank paths and recession risks," the fund said. However, income return was a major contributor to performance over the month, offsetting the impact on rising bond yields. At the time, the strategy continued ...