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Active equity managers lag benchmarks: SPIVA

VINNY VUCAGO  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... appeared supportive of stock picking, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices' latest SPIVA Australia Scorecard. The S&P DJI report found a majority of funds underperformed across every equity category tracked, while Australian bonds were the only asset class ...

CareSuper earns place among pension fund giants, ART breaks into top 20

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 SEP 2026
... of the world's largest pension funds, while CareSuper has debuted on WTW's annual Global Top 300 Pension Funds report. This year's Thinking Ahead Institute and Pensions & Investments analysis, which assessed high-level trends in 2025, features ...

Inquiry rips into Diversa: 'All profit, no responsibility'

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
... the people who have their money saved in super," he told the committee panel. Plant stressed that the liquidator's report into First Guardian "makes it clear that the cause of First Guardian's collapse was fraud by Falcon Capital." "It wasn't ...

Nine in 10 advisers concerned about greenwashing: RIAA

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2026
A recent survey by the Responsible Investment Association Australia (RIAA) found that 94% of advisers have concerns about greenwashing or misleading sustainability claims made by investment products. RIAA's survey spoke with Australian-based individual ...

RBA consults on settlement infrastructure following Project Acacia

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... meet the needs of Australia's financial system into the future." Additionally, the RBA and Treasury have published a report on retail CBDC, concluding that Australia's retail payment system is serving households and businesses "well", and that ...

Is demand for active ETPs genuine beyond outlier conversions?

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2026
... delivering "three exceptional months of work"? Rainmaker's newly published Active ETPs: Beyond the 2024 Conversion Spike report found that several large fund conversions to ETFs bought billions of inflows, yet it is now difficult to determine whether ...

Ausbil bolsters Australian equities team

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... diversified financials and a range of industrial companies. He previously held equity research roles at UBS and CLSA. He will report to Chris Smith, Ausbil's head of equities research. Meanwhile, Beyhan Irmako has been promoted to portfolio manager ...

Allan Gray Australia strengthens retail distribution

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
... following year. Two decades on, the same fund was handpicked in the inaugural Best of Breed - Australia and New Zealand report released in March by Morningstar as among the leading active funds that provide Australian investors with the best long-term ...

Banned SMSF auditor sentenced for falsifying reports

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
Banned SMSF auditor Kirstian Convery has been sentenced to 60 hours of unpaid community work after pleading guilty to continuing to act as an auditor while disqualified and falsifying audit documents. Convery was convicted by the Melbourne Magistrates ...

ASIC and APRA move to streamline FAR

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2026
ASIC and APRA have begun consultation on proposed changes to the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR), with the regulators estimating the reforms could reduce reporting requirements for all accountable entities and about 4500 accountable people. The ...
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