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FEATURE | Aged care: The longevity dividend

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2026
... are covered. "The short-term pool is anywhere from one to three years requirement and primarily targets yield enhancement versus cash and term deposits. This pool invests in fixed income securities that exhibit high daily liquidity. "The long-term pool ...

Unit trusts FUM 'plateaued': Rainmaker

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2026
... from market gains. In terms of net flows for individual products, ETPs had 237 products with 12-month positive net flows versus 71 with negative net flows (77% positive). This contrasts with unit trusts which had a ratio of positive to negative flows ...

Feature: Private credit | The fine print

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2026
... She adds there is no better or worse when it comes to the type of business one lends to - it all comes down to the risk versus the reward the fund is willing to take, with each deal assessed on its own merit. Lockhart agrees. He notes what tends to happen ...

Investor demand for infrastructure asset mandates intensifies: bfinance

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... unchanged from 23% over the previous 12-month period to 31 March 2025, it said. Private equity activity was also steady (22% versus 21%), while private debt searches fell from 35% of segment activity in 2025 to 27% in the year to end March 2026, bfinance ...

Removing CGT discount on all assets will make tax system fairer: Chalmers

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2026
... arrangement, he said. However, Chalmers said if there is a comparison of the average impact of the current arrangement versus that of the new arrangement in the last 20 years, investors in shares would have been equal to or a bit better off with a discount ...

Bell Financial looks to diversify revenue, targets 'holistic' strategy

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2026
... broader, more holistic wealth manager, we expect this will result in an increasing contribution from fee-based revenue versus transaction-based revenue over time," he added. As part of this diversification strategy, BFG said it will launch new products ...

Australia averts recession but not slowdown: JPMAM

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2026
... and Taiwan markets also appear to be doing very well. "There are some pluses and minuses across how we view the economies versus the markets around the world," he said. "[It] does seem like the ASEAN countries are the ones that are probably going to ...

More M&A amid AI buildouts, heightened costs: Fidelity International

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2026
... speak to the glut of money circulating. About half of industrials analysts expect M&A deals to be more prevalent this year versus a third a year ago," the report said. The IT sector is seemingly having a more prevalent momentum in the M&A trajectory ...

AQR picks SG Hiscock & Company as distribution partner

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2026
... help bolster investor portfolios - especially in times of market volatility." The fund returned 28% p.a. in the last year versus the Bloomberg AusBond Bank Bill Index's 3.8% p.a. Over a 10-year period, it made 4.6% p.a. in net returns against the ...

Pepper Money rejects Challenger's bid

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
... For the first two months of the year, applications exceeded the same period in 2025 by 21% with originations 24% higher versus the corresponding prior period," Pepper Money said. "Pepper Money continues to execute on its capital management initiatives." ...
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