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Tax reform uncertainty to exacerbate property sell-offs: Survey

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 FEB 2026
... investors are increasingly exiting the market, PIPA said. Although there is an increase in the cohort intending to reduce overall debt exposure, over half (53%) said they would stop investing in properties if negative gearing was changed, with 25% remaining ...

JANA strengthens debt research with senior Mercer hire

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
JANA Investment Advisers has hired an investment grade debt specialist from Mercer to lead its research in the area. The asset consultant said the appointment builds on its established investment grade debt expertise as clients navigate increasingly ...

Rapid AI adoption leads to heightened private market engagement: Nuveen

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 FEB 2026
... looking beyond developed markets. Of those planning to increase allocations, 48% plan to allocate more to emerging market debt, compared with 27% last year. "The scale and pace of institutional capital flowing into private markets continues to be substantial," ...

Government consults on victim access to child sex abusers' super

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 3 FEB 2026
After stagnating for several years, the government has released draft legislation to prevent convicted child sexual abusers from hiding their assets in superannuation to avoid compensating their victims. Identical to the January 2023 discussion paper ...

Review launched into thin capitalisation reforms

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026
... independent review of the government's thin capitalisation reforms. Chalmers said the reforms target the excessive use of debt deductions to avoid paying tax in Australia, saying they are in line with the OECD's best practice guidance. "These reforms ...

Chalmers to focus on productivity, economic repair in 2026 Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2026
... another $20 billion in savings, improving the budget bottom line in every year of the forward estimates, getting the Liberal debt down, that's been the story of this government," Chalmers said. "And the story of 2025 and our economy was public spending ...

Super moves: ART, Allianz, HESTA, AusSuper

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... analyst in financial advisory at Deloitte. Also, at HESTA, Julian Yeoh has also joined as an investment analyst for global debt and alternative credit. He arrived from KPMG, where he worked in deal advisory and infrastructure, following a stint at National ...

Perpetual hit by $7.8bn net outflows in Q2

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JAN 2026
... total funds under administration (FUA) grew to $1.31 trillion as of 31 December 2025, up 2.1% on the September quarter. The debt market services division was up 2.8% on the previous quarter to $733.6 billion FUA, the managed fund services division was ...

Gold soars over Trump's Greenland rhetoric

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2026
... skyrocketing yields in Japanese long-dated bonds," he said. "Those high yields indicate investor concerns over Japan's significant debt overhang and raise the risk of disorderly moves in global risk assets, reminiscent of the volatile carry-trade unwinds ...

Danish pension fund dumps US bonds

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2026
A Danish pension fund is divesting all US government bonds from February 1, citing the country's growing debt crisis. Akademiker Pension, the $36 billion pension fund for academics, is selling off all its US government bond holdings, to the tune ...