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Vanguard's oldest ETF eclipses to US$1tn in value

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026
... added. Vanguard's S&P 500 ETF was first launched in 1976 and is the first and oldest index-tracking mutual fund available to retail investors. "Crossing the US$1 trillion barrier is more symbolic than anything. ETFs do not win prizes for growing to a ...

Munro expands access to climate focused fund

VINNY VUCAGO  |  THURSDAY, 4 JUN 2026
The Munro Global Growth Climate Leaders PIE Fund has been opened to retail investors in New Zealand. Munro said the move expands access to a strategy focused on companies positioned to benefit from the global decarbonisation trend. The fund, which is ...

ART pumps $3bn in Australian property funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... "Australia's population continues to grow, and that growth brings demand for more homes, workplaces, logistics facilities and retail destinations. "Property valuations have also stabilised post-COVID and we believe they will continue to provide an enduring ...

Former Insignia boss joins InvestStream

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026
... director of Insignia Financial between 2019 and 2024, where he led the group's evolution into one of Australia's largest retail wealth managers, overseeing more than $300 billion in assets under management (AUM). He also served as a non-executive director ...

CSLR levy must be directed towards bad actors: Burgess

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2026
... last-resort consumer safeguard," Burgess argued. "It also ignores the fact that SMSF investors are eligible because they are a retail client who has paid for financial advice from a licensed financial adviser to invest in a regulated retail financial ...

Super 'safest' entry in private market for retail investors: Morningstar

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2026
Morningstar said super funds could be the safest and most effective option for retail investors to access private market investments. This, it said, would especially benefit those investors who do not have the capacity to do their own research and due ...

ASIC, APRA target insurers' TPD product sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... life insurers to manage problematic issues arising from total and permanent disability (TPD) products offered across the retail and group insurance channels, a recent roundtable heard. ASIC and APRA warned providers they need to take "decisive action" ...

Charter Hall updates FY26 guidance amid strong insto appetite

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... brought forward in the Federal Budget. "Across the capital spectrum, we anticipate heightened demand for higher yielding retail, industrial, social infrastructure and office assets, particularly when secured on long lease contracts with fixed and inflation ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... Linda Cunningham says over the last five years there has been a rise in packaging up and selling private credit funds to retail investors globally, which had traditionally been a playground for bigger institutional and wholesale players. Investors who ...

InvestSMART to realise $16m from Intelligent Investor sale

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2026
... the addition of financial advisers." TIP chief executive Andrew Coleman said the incoming business will become TIP's retail facing arm, aligned with its existing wholesale and institutional investing education, advice and funds management offerings. ...
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