Wouter Klijn

The vast majority of Australian insurance companies have an allocation to private credit, while many of them expect to expand their holdings in this asset class, a new survey has found Private credit has left its position as a niche opportunity well and truly behind and has become a core allocation in Australian insurer portfolios.

After reporting a solid performance over FY26, Equip CIO Andrew Howard discusses how he has positioned the portfolio to deal with the volatile period ahead Many super funds produced a stellar performance over the 2026 financial year and Equip Super is certainly one of them. With a full-year return of 11.35 per cent for its high-growth option, Growth Plus, and 9.37 per cent for its MySuper default fund, Equip is among the strongest performing funds in the country.

We are at the forefront of a new wave in robotic innovation that is characterised by mobility and real-time decision-making. In this article, we explore what drives this wave, what role AI plays and how institutional investors can capitalise on current developments. Last year, car maker BMW embarked on a rather ambitious project: the first deployment of a humanoid robot in a BMW facility anywhere in the world.