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Performance test reforms to curb benchmark hugging: Treasury

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... housing, for example, are poorly represented in the benchmarks. Another option is to assess total portfolio risk-adjusted returns using a simple reference portfolio. "This represents a departure from the current approach, which assesses investment performance ...

Vision Super to close Diversified Bonds option

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2026
... benchmarks over rolling five-year periods. It targeted members who want greater stability of return and lower medium-term returns than the Balanced Growth option. The Cash option on the other hand aims to outperform the Bloomberg Ausbond Bank Bill Index ...

FEATURE: Fixed income | Adjusting the lens

PENNY PRYOR  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
... yields, as the market reprices the risks of sustained conflict. This has led to both equities and bonds delivering negative returns during the recent period, and positive correlations," she points out. But for HESTA this repricing has created one of ...

Future Fund gains nearly $2bn in March quarter despite market volatility

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2026
Future Fund has reported positive returns across all its portfolios, adding some $28.3 billion in 12 months. In the March quarter, Future Fund returned 0.6% to $269.1 billion, almost a $2 billion increase from the end of 2025. Other funds managed by ...

Unpaid super costs workers $24.4bn: SMC

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 4 MAY 2026
... estimates a worker underpaid $1730 in a single year could be more than $30,000 worse off at retirement due to lost investment returns over time. Women, younger employees and low-income earners are disproportionately affected. Workers earning under $25,000 ...

Major UK pension reforms passed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2026
... them in retirement. "The Pensions Schemes Act will change that by creating schemes that drive down costs, deliver higher returns, and give savers the security they deserve." The reforms have been on the table for some time. In September 2020 consultation ...

Canada launches first sovereign wealth fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... projects will focus on clean and conventional energy, critical minerals, agriculture, and infrastructure, it said. All returns will be reinvested in the fund; it will direct its capital into investments with the highest potential returns. At the same ...

ART makes $500m investment in Dexus

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... building. "This investment is a strong endorsement of our real asset management capability and focus on delivering compelling returns for all investors on our funds management platform," Du Vernet said. "Attracting and deepening significant new institutional ...

Core-satellite models can only be effective with purpose: Vanguard

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... behaviours that have become normal over time, and those behaviours carry consequences for diversification, risk and long-term returns. "The issue is not that advisers are using satellites, it is how deliberately they are being used." She said the most ...

Natural capability head at QIC exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... opportunity to pursue this mandate with QIC, building a small portfolio of direct investments which target attractive returns with opportunities for improved productivity and positive environmental outcomes," he said at the time on LinkedIn. Prior to ...