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Potential US recession in three years: Global insurers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2026
Most chief investment officers of global insurers believe the US will fall into a recession within the next three years, largely driven by current geopolitical turmoils, a new survey from Goldman Sachs Asset Management reveals. More professional investors ...

HESTA announces another executive exit

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... external opportunities. This comes after chief executive Debby Blakey also announced she would be stepping down in the second half of the year after working with the fund for more than 17 years, including 11 years at the helm. Blakey said she was leaving ...

S64, Ardian partner to launch new fund

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
S64 and Ardian have partnered to launch the S64 Ardian Access Infrastructure Fund, an evergreen Australian unit trust. The collaboration will give Australia's wealth management industry access to Ardian's infrastructure strategies through the S64 platform. ...

Fund manager red flags founders' massive pay packages

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
... extent] at Reece," she said. "That, to me, is a bit of a pattern in real time that starts to make you think, 'Hang on a second, what could that number be except a reflection of ego?'" At the other end of the spectrum, a small company like PWR Holdings ...

ASIC considers changes to net asset requirements

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... thresholds while preserving the remaining elements of the NTA requirement for responsible entities," ASIC said. Under the second option, ASIC would increase the $150,000 minimum for responsible entities under the concessional NTA requirement to a higher ...

Another RBA hike in May 'not a done deal'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
... forward. "A wide range of data over recent months have confirmed that inflationary pressures picked up materially in the second half of 2025. While part of the pick-up in inflation is assessed to reflect temporary factors, the board judged that the labour ...

'We've let our members down': Watson

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
Outgoing First Super chief executive Bill Watson has told Financial Standard he has grave concerns about the current trajectory of Australia's superannuation industry. "I get the feeling we are letting our members down in terms of poor service," Watson ...

Massive Acenda job cuts ire former staff

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... us to deliver on our strategy and our customer commitments." This new structure will be in place by the beginning of the second quarter. "We recognise this has a real impact on people, which is never easy. We commenced an extensive and considered consultation ...

Active equity managers underwhelm in 2025: SPIVA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... revealed. Despite relatively resilient results in the first half of 2025, global equity active funds lost ground in the second half. These funds had an asset-weighted average return of 9.6% versus the 13.3% gain in the S&P World Index (AUD). Over longer ...

CALI pushes for advice reforms as Australians turn to AI

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAR 2026
... risk of falling victim to scams and dodgy providers." CALI said the federal government continues to delay introducing the second part of its financial advice reforms. Tranche two of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) legislation would allow ...