Escala says country-level insight is becoming critical to sophisticated global portfolios

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Escala, an Australian private wealth investment and advisory firm, working with high-net-worth individuals and families, family offices and not-for-profit organisations, says investors need to place greater emphasis on understanding the... Read more continue reading

Duration, not rate levels, is the real threat to investors

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As markets absorb the consequences of a federal budget handed down against a backdrop of persistent inflation, Melbourne-based fund manager Datt Capital says investors are asking the wrong question about... Read more continue reading

ClearBridge sees non-U.S. equities as an attractive opportunity

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As investors digest implications of a higher US consumer price index reading and a historic summit between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, ClearBridge Investments says investors needn’t... Read more continue reading

Federal Budget 2026 – Key measures and implications

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Following last night’s Federal Budget, MLC has prepared an analysis outlining key measures and their implications for advisers and clients. Key measures proposed Tax and cost-of-living: A $1,000 instant tax deduction... Read more continue reading

HESTA welcomes cost of living relief, continues call for a fairer, simpler super system

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HESTA has welcomed measures in tonight’s Federal Budget aimed at easing cost of living pressures, while urging the Government to go further on reforms that would make the superannuation and... Read more continue reading

TelstraSuper-Aware Super merger successfully completed

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TelstraSuper and Aware Super have successfully completed their merger, less than a year since they first began to explore the proposal. About 85,000 TelstraSuper members have now joined Aware Super... Read more continue reading

SMC welcomes Senate report backing payday super, urges action next to pay super to under 18s, cleaners and nannies

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The Super Members Council welcomes the Senate Economics Legislation Committee’s payday super regulations inquiry final report[1], which strongly backs the start of payday super from 1 July and declares in-principle,... Read more continue reading

Prompting bold innovation and growth in superannuation

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Boasting assets worth A$4.2 trillion, or 150 percent of GDP, Australia’s superannuation pool is among the largest and fastest growing in the world.[1]  There are however significant challenges the industry... Read more continue reading

Weekly economic and market update – week ending 8 May, 2026

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Investment markets and key developments Global share markets rose strongly over the last week led by US shares on the back of renewed hopes for a peace deal with Iran... Read more continue reading

Are markets ‘complacent’?

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The onset of the Iranian crisis has unleashed a litany of dire prognostications surrounding the likely course of the price of financial assets. Yet US equity markets are close to... Read more continue reading