CBA is often touted as the biggest holding in widely held ASX 200 ETFs like VAS, IOZ, A200 and STW, which has led some market commentators to link the bank’s price surge to ETF-buying activity. Yet, ...

In spite of what was a year of widespread economic uncertainty, paved with worries over US tariff policies and rising geopolitical tensions, the S&P/ASX 200 Index closed FY24–25 at 8,542.3 points, ...

The private equity firm is actively working towards making a binding bid for Insignia Financial and will soon finalise financing and investment committee approvals. Insignia Financial has issued an ...

UBS has raised its year-end S&P 500 target to 6,200, citing easing trade tensions and resilient earnings, and backed the US as a core pillar of any global equity strategy. In its second-half 2025 ...

These large cash reserves are not only fuelling consumption but may also support future equity market inflows. The Nippon Individual Savings Account (NISA) program, launched in early 2024, offers tax ...

Australian investors have poured billions into managed funds in 2025, demonstrating surprising resilience amid global market turbulence, tariff shocks, and shifting monetary policy expectations.

The superannuation sector has welcomed confirmation that a controversial US tax provision will be removed. US Senator Mike Crapo confirmed on Friday (AEST) that Section 899 of the One Big Beautiful ...

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has for the first time published key performance data on superannuation retirement products, including product fee structure, investment ...

Ahead of the completion of the major life insurance firm merger, Acenda has appointed its future CEO to head up operations. As announced in December, Resolution Life Australasia and MLC Life Insurance ...

The Australian Retirement Trust is adopting a “healthy level of conservatism” towards the US as the end of the 90-day tariff pause approaches, with “anything possible”. With the 90-day pause on ...

The threat of a trade war remained the biggest tail risk for respondents, but even this was down substantially from 80 per cent at the height of Liberation Day fears to 47 per cent in June. For global ...

Despite the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) coming into force in 2021 – placing nuclear weapons on the same moral footing as chemical weapons, landmines and cluster bombs – many ...