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Contact Asset Management terminates sole fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
Contact Asset Management is closing its only fund, but the boutique isn't going anywhere, continuing as manager of BKI Investment Company. Contact Asset Management began winding up its Australian Ex-50 Fund earlier this month following a review ...

Prime Super closes two options

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
Prime Super is closing two options following a recent review of its asset allocations. The Fixed Interest option will close from May 15. Members invested in the option will be able to switch out of it until May 22. Any members still invested in the ...

Brighter Super, QIC back autonomous robot company

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2026
Brighter Super and QIC have spearheaded a fundraise for Future Maintenance Technologies (FMT), a robot maker focused on automating maintenance for the global rail and aviation industries. The Series A raise led by QIC Ventures and backed by its Brighter ...

FEATURE | Regulation: Picking up the pieces

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
When Melinda Kee was sick with COVID-19, she took respite for one week. Kee saw it as an opportunity to tick off some personal administration she'd been meaning to get to, such as changing her pet and health insurance, and electricity and gas providers. ...

Severe underperformance sees Polen Capital funds wound up

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
Montgomery Investment Management has cut ties with Polen Capital, with the latter's responsible entity opting to terminate its funds after five years of underperformance. Polen Capital first entered the local wholesale market in 2021 through a partnership ...

Australian Ethical makes changes to super menu, fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2026
Australian Ethical Super is closing its High Growth offering and introducing another investment option as it prepares to roll out fee changes. Australian Ethical Super will close its High Growth investment option from May 1, with all members to be transferred ...

Platform funds, mega funds to dominate: Mercer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
A new Mercer report predicts platform funds, with a median $250,000 balance, and mega funds, with over $100 billion in assets, will dominate the superannuation landscape and overtake the 'retail versus industry fund' debate. The 2026 Mercer Shaping ...

FSC questions SMC's claim on younger members' super switches

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2026
The Financial Services Council (FSC) has questioned Super Members Council's (SMC) recent research which found a spike in younger members switching out of industry funds into self managed super funds (SMSF) and platform products. FSC data to the ...

Camilla Love heads to RBC BlueBay

ELIZABETH FRY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2026
RBC BlueBay Asset Management is turning to Alpencrest Capital co-founder Camilla Love as it seeks to re-establish its local presence. Love will be appointed country head of the business which represents RBC Global Asset Management outside North America ...

Sequoia advances InterPrac takeover talks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026
Sequoia Financial Group said it is in "advanced discussions" with an unnamed buyer interested in taking over InterPrac Financial Planning. Updating shareholders on the future of InterPrac, Sequoia said "discussions remain incomplete and there can be ...