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Spain plans sovereign wealth fund launch

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... However, the research showed Spain struggles with a productivity issue, with productivity rates well below the European average. It was suggested significant investment in AI could help turn this around.

Active fund managers endure fee pressures, dominate mandates: Study

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2026
... found that hedge fund-of-funds charged clients the highest amount at 113bps, while private real assets charged 88bps on average. Passive US large-cap managers earned the lowest at 1.9bps, along with US small-cap managers at 3.1bps. Fee weakness was most ...

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 ...

Replace capital gains discount with income averaging: e61

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2026
... the capital gains tax discount went to 24,000 people who earned over $1 million in 2022-2023. Findings indicated that on average, each of these individuals received $271,000 from the capital gains tax discount on profits, from the sale of asset and investment. ...

Forrests' donation crowns WA as most generous state: KPMG

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... per donor. New South Wales donors made up the largest absolute number of contributors of more than 1.4 million. Their average donation shrank by 18.6% to $1063, while Victorians' average donation declined by 1.9% or $963. Tasmania had one of the sharpest ...

Australia evades tariff shocks, CPI to surge in 2026: UN

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 12 JAN 2026
... may have overcome the worst of the US President Donald Trump's tariff war. As at the end of October 2025, the estimated average effective tariff rate, based on 2024 trade data, reached 8.9% for Australia, reflecting a low International Emergency Economic ...

ASX listings, trade volumes improve in December

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... negative $9.2 billion, a significant improvement. Trade volumes also increased significantly throughout December, with average daily trade up 50% from December 2024 and an average daily value of $6.501 billion (up 23%). The increased trade activity may ...

Global trade a patchwork of relationships, regional priorities: Analysis

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... the next decade with other BRICS+ nations and 3% CAGR with the rest of the world. The Plurilateralists would see above-average trade growth among themselves and the Global South through 2034. With a diverse set of advanced and emerging economies remaining ...

Equity managers' research most reliant on AI: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 9 JAN 2026
... 23%, with Australian equities managers specifically rating it highly at 27% versus 22% for all other asset classes on average. Fifty four percent of fund managers are utilising a combination of private and public applications. Public SaaS models, such ...

HESTA records over $10bn in investment returns

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
... performance. The default MySuper Balanced Growth option returned 9.42% for the 2025 calendar year, recording above the industry average of 9.1% for the period. Over the last decade this option has averaged an annual return of 8.02% and marks the third ...