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Victory Capital makes 'best-of-both-worlds' offer for Janus Henderson

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
Victory Capital, the $323.2 billion NASDAQ listed asset manager, has made another takeover bid for Janus Henderson, providing a higher value offer than Trian Fund Management. Calling it a "best-of-both-worlds" proposal, Victory Capital said Janus Henderson ...

Trump announces new US retirement plan

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2026
... many private corporations offer their employees under 401(k) plans. Under the new proposal the government would match employee contributions to both these plans and existing employer plans with no match, up to $1000 annually. According to research from ...

Most sought-after professionals revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2026
... As a result, 66% of businesses said they expect to be handing out pay rises this year, which is broadly in line with employee expectations where 62% said they are anticipating a pay rise in 2026. In terms of what is attracting talent, the survey found ...

Canadian pension fund in turmoil amid governance review

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026
... Canadian media outlets report it amounted to $1.6 million and that he is involved in a relationship with another CAAT employee, both of which were reportedly sanctioned by the board. According to Benefits and Pension Monitor, Don Smith approved the payout ...

Praemium ramps up digitisation, cuts headcount by 28%

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2026
Praemium is ramping up its workforce digitisation by culling nearly 30% of its total number of employees who mainly work in information technology-related roles. The move comes off the back of the acquisition of Technotia Group for $7.5 million, which ...

DWS appoints Australian real estate head, steps up living sector push

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 16 FEB 2026
DWS Group, the EUR 1.05 trillion ($1.76tn) European asset manager, has appointed Ben Taylor as the Australian head of its real estate business. He will also head its Australian transactions function. DWS said Taylor's deep expertise in the residential ...

FES Super to no longer supplement returns in default

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2026
The Fire and Emergency Services Superannuation Fund (FES Super) has reworked its default option as it looks to ensure performance test success. FES Super offers six investment options to members, the default being the Smoothed option. As of this month ...

Division 296 bill tabled, suggested reforms fall on 'deaf ears'

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2026
... purposes. The bill was read the second time to introduce a reform on advertising and stapling of super products during employee onboarding. O'Brien agreed that the Coalition supports many of the measures contained in the bill but it should never have ...

NSW government to turn deficit into surplus of over $1bn in FY28: TCorp

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2026
... base, TCorp said. There has been a net increase of $1.4 billion in expenditure - totalling $129.0 billion in FY26 - with employee expenses now accounting for $50.8 billion (or 39.4%), an increase of $1 billion since the June update. "A fiscal strategy ...

FIIG Securities fined $2.5m for lengthy cyber failures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2026
... passports, bank accounts, and tax file numbers. The data was then released on the dark web. The breach occurred after a FIIG employee downloaded a.zip file containing malware while browsing the internet and went undetected by FIIG, even after it received ...