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Betashares launches retirement income SMAs on CFS Edge

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2026
... SMAs will also avoid relying on concentrated positions in low-growth sectors or non-investment-grade credit to generate yield. The launch complements Betashares' Dynamic Managed Accounts suite, Betashares said, which includes six risk profiles spanning ...

Federated Hermes appoints global fixed income CIO

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... billion (US$101.8 bn) of the investment manager's fixed income products globally, including multisector, low duration, high-yield, municipal, US government, US corporate bond, international, global and mortgage-backed strategies. Gallo joined Federated ...

Trump 'playing with fire' over Fed indictment threat

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 JAN 2026
... Hassett, as the next Fed chair will do little to reassure markets about the Fed's independence." The US 10-year Treasury yield rose by one point to 4.19% and the US 2-year Treasury yield was steady near 3.54% after the threat of indictment was announced. ...

HESTA records over $10bn in investment returns

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JAN 2026
HESTA members saw over $10 billion added to their retirement savings in 2025, driven by strong investment performance. The default MySuper Balanced Growth option returned 9.42% for the 2025 calendar year, recording above the industry average of 9.1% ...

Australians fearful of getting their investments wrong: CFS

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 6 JAN 2026
New research highlights the investment sentiment among everyday Australians continues to rise but hesitancy is gating them from investing. New findings from Colonial First State's (CFS) latest research, based on a national survey of 2250 Australians ...

An outlook for fixed income allocations in 2026

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... fiscal programmes suggest yields are likely to remain in a higher range in the years ahead," she said. Both experts agreed, yield is only the beginning for fixed income allocation returns. In terms of generating alpha within this market, many compelling ...

GDG hires chief financial officer

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 DEC 2025
... more than four years. Prior to that he worked in senior roles at Credit Suisse for 20 years, including director of high yield bond and convertible bond trading. GDG chief executive Grant Hackett said Wong has been a valued member of GDG's executive team ...

Three megatrends to watch in 2026

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 DEC 2025
Experts have identified the megatrends that are likely to play out in financial markets in 2026. Speaking to Financial Standard, policy changes coming out of the US, sticky inflation and how the artificial intelligence (AI) boom progresses will be the ...

FEATURE: Private credit | At the precipice

GLENDA KORPORAAL  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2025
... assets ahead of other sources of finance. He says lending to mid-market private companies compares well with the public high-yield markets, where credit spreads are at or near all-time tight levels, credit terms are weaker, leverage is often higher ...

RBA opts to keep cash rate on hold

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 DEC 2025
At its meeting yesterday, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) reached a monetary policy decision to keep the cash rate unchanged at 3.6%. In explaining why, the board warned of possible rate rises in 2026 as it takes a more cautious response to inflationary ...