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Schroders nabs Oaktree exec to lead Asia sales

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... building a specialist sales team and strengthening relationships with institutional investors and intermediary partners. A big part of her job will be fundraising for Schroders Capital's $41.6 billion private debt and credit alternatives platform ...

Aware Super launches digital advice tool

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2026
... retirement and how long their savings are expected to last. Over the past month of testing, Aware Super said the tool has led to a big uplift in retirees choosing more than the minimum pension which it said demonstrated the platform's ability to boost ...

Unintended consequences of passive investing materialise: MFS

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2026
... Geremia said "he came to MFS with a very strong message." "He said, I didn't know [passive investing] was going to get this big. What he was referring to was, if 50% of the public markets is in passive investing, we're going to have chaos," she ...

Advisers prioritise robust planning, education in retirement planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
To ensure clients end up with a comfortable retirement, financial advisers prioritise providing a solid plan and boosting their superannuation literacy, a survey shows. Polling the audience at the 2026 SMSF Association National Conference in Adelaide ...

Aged care misinformation poses opportunity for advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
Financial advisers can bridge the gap in aged care advice, according to an expert, who says that too many elderly people are suffering from the confusion and misinformation surrounding the new aged care reforms. Louise Biti, director of Aged Care Steps ...

UniSuper 'missed out' on gold rally, but for good reason: Pearce

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2026
... on currency movements. So yes, it is true that we missed out on directly participating in the gold rally." Pearce noted the big buyers of gold have been global central banks, especially China, as they get out of the US bond market. "As a matter of fact ...

ART taps ex-HESTA manager for opportunistic role

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... interact, both linear and with optionality. "That combination of structure, optionality, portfolio management and execution is a big part of the appeal for me." Sommers spent four years with HESTA managing the strategic asset allocation and risk budgeting ...

Most sought-after professionals revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... manager can expect an average salary of around $325,000. But it's the booming private equity sector that is dishing out the big bucks, with managing directors set to take home around $412,000 a year plus super. However, the most sought-after professionals ...

HUB24 posts record HY inflows, advisers on platform jump by 8%

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
HUB24 has reported a profit of $59.7 million in the first half of the financial year, up 80% from the previous year, and more than $10 billion in net inflows. It will pay a fully franked interim dividend of 36 cents per share for the period, doubling ...

Advisers lose lead in SMSF establishments: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... total $4.5 trillion superannuation pool. In the early 2000s, Heffron Consulting managing director Meg Heffron pointed out the "big surge" of financial advisers jumping on the SMSF bandwagon, seeing it as "a great strategic vehicle." "Now, I think the ...