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Active equity managers underwhelm in 2025: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
While 2025 was ripe for stock picking and active fund managers thanks to dispersion widening, according to the latest SPIVA Scorecard, the majority still failed to beat the benchmark. Australian active managers' performance in 2025 proved to be "underwhelming," ...

Bain Capital to acquire Perpetual's wealth management unit

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2026
... Today's announcement also provides clarity and certainty for our teams, who have continued to show an exceptionally high level of professionalism, commitment and focus throughout this process." The deal is expected to finalise before the end of the ...

Janus Henderson says Victory deal could leave it 'gravely damaged'

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
... Victory Capital, stating it would lead to substantial cost-cutting in the business. Janus Henderson said it suggests "a level of cost-cutting that could lead to the disruption of systems and services, attrition of investment staff, deterioration in compliance ...

Inflation could surge above 4%

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2026
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said the ongoing war in Iran is putting pressure on inflation, with Treasury reportedly predicting it will rise above 4%. "I've made it really clear that we had an inflation challenge in our economy and developments in the Middle ...

Fixed income becoming an ETP staple: Rainmaker

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2026
... conclusions due to the day-to-day gyrations of the conflict. We anticipate the next few weeks will still see a heightened level of volatility and investor sentiment will reflect the geopolitical risk that is dominating the market." Betashares investment ...

Aussie super funds eye global partnerships at US summit

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... system globally by 2035," Vincent said. "In less than 50 years, Australians' combined retirement savings have grown to a level that is more than our national economy, helping everyday working people achieve a more comfortable retirement."

Division 296 legislation passes, LISTO to increase

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2026
... the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which collectively commended the bill will unfreeze LISTO to level the playing field for low-income workers. "The critical point is that super will still be concessionally taxed for every Australian ...

Top investment teams built on diverse views, transparency

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026
... investment class that is a drawcard for women." "Fixed income, currency and credit (FICC) have traditionally required a high level of quantitative skills coming from specialist fields of finance, engineering and economics, which in the past fewer women ...

What Australia must do to be at the forefront of financial innovation

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... drive "powerful" changes across the financial world, Longo said, particularly agentic AI. "[Agentic AI] has the potential to level the playing field in favour of consumers - to help them navigate the complexity of the financial services industry and ...

Mega-funds grow but net cashflows steadily decline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAR 2026
... strong organic growth driven by inward rollovers, and AMP Super showing improvement in member retention with a reducing level of outward rollovers."